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Package: rdate (1:1.2-4 and others)

sets the system's date from a remote host

rdate displays and sets the local date and time from the host name or address given as the argument. The time source may be an RFC 868 TCP protocol server, which is usually implemented as a built-in service of inetd(8), or an RFC 2030 protocol SNTP/NTP server. By default, rdate uses the RFC 868 TCP protocol.

Tags: User Interface: Command Line, Networking: Client, Service, Role: Program, Purpose: Time and Clock

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    also a virtual package provided by hurd-udeb
  • dep: libbsd0 [m68k]
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    dep: libbsd0 (>= 0.0) [not avr32, m68k]
  • dep: libc0.1 (>= 2.3) [kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386]
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    also a virtual package provided by libc0.1-udeb
  • dep: libc0.3 (>= 2.9) [hurd-i386]
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    also a virtual package provided by libc0.3-udeb
  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.2.5) [amd64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6~) [i386]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.4) [armel, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.5) [avr32, hppa]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) [m68k]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.6) [sparc]
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.2) [ia64]
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    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
    dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.4) [alpha]

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Download for all available architectures
Architecture Version Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 1:1.2-4 17.0 kB84 kB [list of files]
amd64 1:1.2-4 15.9 kB80 kB [list of files]
armel 1:1.2-4 17.1 kB80 kB [list of files]
avr32 (unofficial port) 1:1.2-1 17.2 kB80 kB [list of files]
hppa 1:1.2-4 16.8 kB80 kB [list of files]
hurd-i386 1:1.2-4 15.1 kB76 kB [list of files]
i386 1:1.2-4 15.2 kB76 kB [list of files]
ia64 1:1.2-4 18.7 kB88 kB [list of files]
kfreebsd-amd64 1:1.2-4 15.9 kB54 kB [list of files]
kfreebsd-i386 1:1.2-4 15.1 kB52 kB [list of files]
m68k (unofficial port) 1:1.2-3 14.9 kB76 kB [list of files]
mips 1:1.2-4 16.5 kB80 kB [list of files]
mipsel 1:1.2-4 16.7 kB80 kB [list of files]
powerpc 1:1.2-4 16.3 kB44 kB [list of files]
s390 1:1.2-4 16.3 kB80 kB [list of files]
sparc 1:1.2-4 15.8 kB76 kB [list of files]