RDATE(8) NetBSD System Manager's Manual RDATE(8) NAME rdate -- set the system's date from a remote host SYNOPSIS rdate [-psa] host DESCRIPTION rdate displays and sets the local date and time from the host name or address given as the argument. It uses the RFC 868 protocol which is usu- ally implemented as a built-in service of inetd(8). Available options: -p Do not set, just print the remote time -s Do not print the time. -a Use the adjtime(2) call to gradually skew the local time to the remote time rather than just hopping. FILES /var/log/wtmp A record of date resets and time changes. SEE ALSO adjtime(2), gettimeofday(2), utmp(5), inetd(8) NetBSD 3.1 April 30, 1994 NetBSD 3.1