date@(1)

date@1

Prints the date on a remote host.

Usage

date@ [ host ]

Overview

date@ connects to TCP port 13 (Daytime) on host and prints any data it receives. It removes CR (\015) and converts unprintable characters to a visible format.

If host is not supplied, date@ connects to the local host.

Some computers respond to port 13 with a human-readable date. For example, they may be running

tcpserver -RHl0 0 13 date

using tcpserver.

Releases

Unchanged in 9 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny).

  1. 5.0–13

From ucspi-tcp 1:0.88-13 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Also shipped by ucspi-tcp-ipv6. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.