Semi-Automatic Time Setting

• The 'rdate' command glues together the binary 'time' service with local time setting.
• To read the time off a remote machine running the 'time' service:

  [choo@simey ~]$ rdate 127.0.0.1
  [127.0.0.1]     Mon Aug 22 00:58:06 2005
  [choo@simey ~]$
  

• To set the time of the local machine to that of the remote machine:

  root@simey ~]# rdate -s 127.0.0.1
  [root@simey ~]# date
  Mon Aug 22 01:00:30 IDT 2005
  [root@simey ~]# 
  

Originally written by guy keren