Sun Microsystems Sun Workstation 100U System Manager's Manual page 226

RDATE(8)
MAINTENANCE COMrvlANDS
NAME
rdate - set system date from a remote host
SYNOPSIS
luar lueb/rdate
hostname
DESCRIPTION
RDATE(8)
Rdate sets the local date and time from the hostname given as argument. You must be super-user
on the local system. Typically rdate can
be
inserted as part of your
I
etel re.loeal startup script.
SEEALSP
timed(8C)
BUGS
Could be modified to accept a list of hostnames and try each until a valid date returned. Better
yet would be to write a real date server that accepted broadcast requests.
Version 1.1 of rdate
is
incompatible with version 1.0. rdate's issued on 1.1 systems will not get
the time Crom systems running 1.0.
SUD
Release 1.1
Last change: 7 March 1984
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