NAME

     rdate - set time and date from a remote host


SYNOPSIS

     rdate host ...


DESCRIPTION

     Rdate obtains the current time from a  remote  time  server.
     If  run  by  the  super-user  then local time is set to that
     time.  The time of the remote host is  printed  on  standard
     output.

     More than one host name may be specified.   They  are  tried
     one by one until one responds.


SEE ALSO

     date(1), readclock(8), inet(8).


AUTHOR

     Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)