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:
The number of returned bytes is not 4.
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.
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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