RDATE — User Commands
NAME
rdate − set system date from a remote host
SYNOPSIS
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
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.
Sprite version 1.0 — 1 February 1985