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 Tue Jun 5 11:08:27 MDT 2001 earth# rdate starbug Tue Jun 5 14:06:37 2001 earth# date Tue Jun 5 14:06:40 MDT 2001 |