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rsdate
Example:
$ rsdate pool.ntp.org
[2021-10-11T05:02:32Z INFO rsdate] [pool.ntp.org] Mon, 11 Oct 2021 15:02:32 +1000
Download
Pre-compiled binaries are available for a number of platforms.
Example to download and extract a binary:
curl https://releases.wezm.net/rsdate/0.2.0/rsdate-0.2.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz | tar zxf -
Usage
USAGE:
rsdate [OPTIONS]
ARGS:
The ntp server to contact.
OPTIONS:
-h, --help
Prints help information
-p, --print
Print the time returned by the server.
-r, --retry NUMBER
If retrieving the time fails retry NUMBER times. Retries are made
at 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, etc. seconds. A value of 0 disables retry
(default). A negative value retries forever.
-s, --set
Set the system time to the returned time.
-t, --timeout TIMEOUT
Sets response timeout in seconds. [default: 10]
-l, --syslog
Print messages to syslog.
-V, --version
Prints version information
Build from Source
Minimum Supported Rust Version: 1.53.0
rsdate
is implemented in Rust. See the Rust website for instructions on installing the toolchain.
From Git Checkout or Release Tarball
Build the binary with cargo build --release --locked
. The binary will be in target/release/rsdate
.
From crates.io
cargo install rsdate
Credits
This tool is inspired by rdate.
Licence
This project is dual licenced under either of:
- Apache License, Version 2.0 (LICENSE-APACHE)
- MIT license (LICENSE-MIT)
at your option.