NAME

rdate − set system date from a remote host

SYNOPSIS

/usr/ucb/rdate  hostname

DESCRIPTION

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 /etc/rc.local startup script. 

SEE ALSO

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. 

Sun Release 3.2  —  Last change: 1 February 1985