# rdate

A protocol to retrieve the date and time from a time server.

It will query a URL of an RFC 868 time server.

rdate://servername

And return a date in the format of:

DDD MMM DD HH:MM:SS YYYY

Network operations require time synchronized information to ensure optimal network performance.

Computer clocks are notorious for drifting. So it's a very good idea to set up time synchronization. You will need root privileges to do this.

See the manual: date and netdate.

See : Time Synchronization Server .