opensolaris man page for rdate

rdate(1M)						  System Administration Commands						 rdate(1M)

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 an argument. You must have the authorization solaris.system.date on the local
       system. Typically, rdate is used in a startup script.

       rdate requests are responded to by the "time" service on the specified host. To enable the "time" service, use the following commands:

	 svcadm enable time:stream
	 svcadm enable time:dgram

USAGE
       The rdate command is IPv6-enabled. See ip6(7P).

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWrcmdc 		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       inetd(1M), inetd.conf(4), attributes(5), ip6(7P)

SunOS 5.11							    16 Mar 2006 							 rdate(1M)