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RTIME(3) Linux Programmer's Manual RTIME(3)
rtime - get time from a remote machine
#include <rpc/auth_des.h>
int rtime(struct sockaddr_in *addrp, struct rpc_timeval *timep,
struct rpc_timeval *timeout);
This function uses the Time Server Protocol as described in RFC 868
to obtain the time from a remote machine.
The Time Server Protocol gives the time in seconds since 00:00:00
UTC, 1 Jan 1900, and this function subtracts the appropriate constant
in order to convert the result to seconds since the Epoch, 1970-01-01
00:00:00 +0000 (UTC).
When timeout is non-NULL, the udp/time socket (port 37) is used.
Otherwise, the tcp/time socket (port 37) is used.
On success, 0 is returned, and the obtained 32-bit time value is
stored in timep->tv_sec. In case of error -1 is returned, and errno
is set appropriately.
All errors for underlying functions (sendto(2), poll(2), recvfrom(2),
connect(2), read(2)) can occur. Moreover:
EIO The number of returned bytes is not 4.
ETIMEDOUT
The waiting time as defined in timeout has expired.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
┌──────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├──────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│rtime() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└──────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
Only IPv4 is supported.
Some in.timed versions support only TCP. Try the example program
with use_tcp set to 1.
Libc5 uses the prototype
int rtime(struct sockaddr_in *, struct timeval *, struct timeval *);
and requires <sys/time.h> instead of <rpc/auth_des.h>.
rtime() in glibc 2.2.5 and earlier does not work properly on 64-bit
machines.
This example requires that port 37 is up and open. You may check
that the time entry within /etc/inetd.conf is not commented out.
The program connects to a computer called "linux". Using "localhost"
does not work. The result is the localtime of the computer "linux".
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <rpc/auth_des.h>
#include <netdb.h>
static int use_tcp = 0;
static char *servername = "linux";
int
main(void)
{
struct sockaddr_in name;
struct rpc_timeval time1 = {0,0};
struct rpc_timeval timeout = {1,0};
struct hostent *hent;
int ret;
memset(&name, 0, sizeof(name));
sethostent(1);
hent = gethostbyname(servername);
memcpy(&name.sin_addr, hent->h_addr, hent->h_length);
ret = rtime(&name, &time1, use_tcp ? NULL : &timeout);
if (ret < 0)
perror("rtime error");
else {
time_t t = time1.tv_sec;
printf("%s\n", ctime(&t));
}
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
ntpdate(1), inetd(8)
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GNU 2015-03-02 RTIME(3)