rdate — Get the time from Remote machine.
Summary :
It connects to an Remote Time Server over a TCP/IP network, printing the returned time and/or setting the system clock. The time in remote server is maintained properly. So that all machines can get the time from that server.
Example:
$ rdate -p 192.168.1.5 — Print the time returned by the remote machine.
$ rdate -s remote.pc.com — Set the system time to the time returned by the remote machine (Need Root permission).
$ rdate -u myserver — Use UDP instead of TCP as the transport.
$ rdate -l myserver — Use syslog to log errors and output (Useful when it is used in cron jobs).
NOTE:
- Remote server should run the time service in port 37.
- Firewall should not block port 37.
Read : man rdate