time service

In both the /etc/inetd.conf and in the /etc/services files there is an entry
for a “time service”. Could anyone elaborate on that service, especially
where and how it might supplement or replace a ntp daemon?

Thanks,
Dave Kuechenmeister
david.kuechenmeister@viasat.com

It returns a long, in network order (big endian) containing
the number of seconds since midnight Jan 1 1900 (according
to the machine you connect to).

-seanb

David Kuechenmeister <david.kuechenmeister@viasat.com> wrote:

In both the /etc/inetd.conf and in the /etc/services files there is an entry
for a “time service”. Could anyone elaborate on that service, especially
where and how it might supplement or replace a ntp daemon?

Thanks,
Dave Kuechenmeister
david.kuechenmeister@viasat.com