Example--Synchronizing Date and Time From Another System

The following example shows how to use rdate to synchronize the date and time of one system with another. In this example, the system earth, running several hours behind, is reset to match the date and time of the server starbug.

earth# date
Thu Sep 16 11:08:27 MDT 1999
earth# rdate starbug
Thu Sep 16 14:06:37 1999
earth# date
Thu Sep 16 14:06:40 MDT 1999