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.TH Net::Time 3 "2001-09-21" "perl v5.8.8" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide"
Net::Time \- time and daytime network client interface
\& use Net::Time qw(inet_time inet_daytime);
\& print inet_time(); # use default host from Net::Config
\& print inet_time('localhost');
\& print inet_time('localhost', 'tcp');
\& print inet_daytime(); # use default host from Net::Config
\& print inet_daytime('localhost');
\& print inet_daytime('localhost', 'tcp');
\&\f(CW\*(C`Net::Time\*(C'\fR provides subroutines that obtain the time on a remote machine.
.IP "inet_time ( [\s-1HOST\s0 [, \s-1PROTOCOL\s0 [, \s-1TIMEOUT\s0]]])" 4
.IX Item "inet_time ( [HOST [, PROTOCOL [, TIMEOUT]]])"
Obtain the time on \f(CW\*(C`HOST\*(C'\fR, or some default host if \f(CW\*(C`HOST\*(C'\fR is not given
or not defined, using the protocol as defined in \s-1RFC868\s0. The optional
argument \f(CW\*(C`PROTOCOL\*(C'\fR should define the protocol to use, either \f(CW\*(C`tcp\*(C'\fR or
\&\f(CW\*(C`udp\*(C'\fR. The result will be a time value in the same units as returned
by \fItime()\fR or \fIundef\fR upon failure.
.IP "inet_daytime ( [\s-1HOST\s0 [, \s-1PROTOCOL\s0 [, \s-1TIMEOUT\s0]]])" 4
.IX Item "inet_daytime ( [HOST [, PROTOCOL [, TIMEOUT]]])"
Obtain the time on \f(CW\*(C`HOST\*(C'\fR, or some default host if \f(CW\*(C`HOST\*(C'\fR is not given
or not defined, using the protocol as defined in \s-1RFC867\s0. The optional
argument \f(CW\*(C`PROTOCOL\*(C'\fR should define the protocol to use, either \f(CW\*(C`tcp\*(C'\fR or
\&\f(CW\*(C`udp\*(C'\fR. The result will be an \s-1ASCII\s0 string or \fIundef\fR upon failure.
Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>
Copyright (c) 1995\-2004 Graham Barr. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.