NAME
    rdate - get the time via the network

SYNOPSIS
    rdate [-p] [-s] [-u] [-l] [host...]

DESCRIPTION
    rdate connects to an RFC 868 time server over a TCP/IP network, print-
    ing the returned time and/or setting the system clock.

 OPTIONS
    -p   Print the time returned by the remote machine.

    -s   Set the system time to the returned time.

    -u   Use UDP instead of TCP as the transport.

    -l   Use syslog to output errors  (cron.warning)  and output
    (cron.info).

HISTORY
    2002-11-06 Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com>
    Patch from Tomek Orzechowski <orzech@pld.org.pl> - alarm(10) to
    not wait forever for connections.

    2001-05-23 Phil Knirsch <pknirsch@redhat.com>
    Added UDP protocol support. Close the connection after message
    handling in conformance to RFC 868.

    2002-03-07 Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com>
    Add syslog functionality.

    2000-02-04 Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com>
    Wrote it  (previous incarnation  had license problems, all 200
    lines of it).