netdate: netdate (simple network time utility) netdate: netdate: Netdate takes a list of names of Internet hosts as arguments, selects netdate: the one which supplies the best time, and sets the system time netdate: accordingly. The invoker must be the super-user for the time to be netdate: set. Protocol names (either udp or tcp) may be interspersed with the netdate: host names, and determine the protocol which will be used to connect netdate: to the hosts whose names follow, up to the next protocol name or the netdate: end of the arguments. The default protocol is udp. netdate: netdate: These days, "ntpdate" is probably a better choice.