1rdate(1M) System Administration Commands rdate(1M)
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6 rdate - set system date from a remote host
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9 rdate hostname
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13 rdate sets the local date and time from the hostname given as an argu‐
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15 system. Typically, rdate is used in a startup script.
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18 rdate requests are responded to by the "time" service on the specified
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21 svcadm enable time:stream
22 svcadm enable time:dgram
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27 The rdate command is IPv6-enabled. See ip6(7P).
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30 See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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35 ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
36 │ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
37 ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
38 │Availability │SUNWrcmdc │
39 └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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46SunOS 5.11 16 Mar 2006 rdate(1M)