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Clarify meaning of midnight on 1 Jan 1900/1970.

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Michael Kerrisk 2008-07-13 20:30:25 +00:00
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.\"
.\" Slightly polished, aeb, 2003-04-06
.\"
.TH RTIME 3 2003-04-04 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.TH RTIME 3 2008-07-12 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
rtime \- get time from a remote machine
.SH SYNOPSIS
@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ rtime \- get time from a remote machine
This function uses the Time Server Protocol as described in
RFC\ 868 to obtain the time from a remote machine.
.LP
The Time Server Protocol gives the time in seconds since midnight 1900-01-01,
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 midnight 1970-01-01, the Unix Epoch.
convert the result to seconds since
00:00:00, UTC, 1 Jan 1970, the Unix Epoch.
.LP
When
.I timeout
@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ Only IPV4 is supported.
Some
.I in.timed
versions only support TCP.
Try the above example program with
Try the example program with
.I use_tcp
set to 1.
.LP