daytime
daytime is a program that can get the current time from "daytime" (RFC-867), "time" (rfc-868), "nist daytime", or HTTP servers. It only uses the TCP versions of these protocols. It can set the system or hardware clocks from the retrieved time.
| Tags | nist Time daytime synchronization Clock |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX (GNU/Linux) |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases
- 10 Nov 2012 01:27
Release Notes: This release adds a daemon mode. Daytime can now run persistently in the background, receive and send SNTP broadcasts, and make SNTP broadcasts to multiple networks. Bugfixes have been made.
- 22 May 2012 14:00
Release Notes: This release supports broadcasting the system's time using SNTP broadcasts. A stupid compilation error has been fixed.
- 19 Jan 2012 21:36
Release Notes: Fixes for embarrassing 'failure to compile' issues.
- 17 Jan 2012 22:13
Release Notes: NTP time lookups have been added (only SNTP, so only accurate to a second or so). The output has been changed to 'asctime' format to be more compatible with 'date'. There are Makefile improvements, etc.
ColumPaget
14 Jul 2010 00:29
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- Popularity Score
- 53.67
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- 4.61
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