Net::Time(3) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Net::Time(3) NAME Net::Time - time(1,2,n) and daytime network client interface SYNOPSIS use Net::Time qw(inet_time inet_daytime); print inet_time(); # use default host(1,5) from Net::Config print inet_time('localhost'); print inet_time('localhost', 'tcp'); print inet_daytime(); # use default host(1,5) from Net::Config print inet_daytime('localhost'); print inet_daytime('localhost', 'tcp'); DESCRIPTION "Net::Time" provides subroutines that obtain the time(1,2,n) on a remote machine. inet_time ( [HOST [, PROTOCOL [, TIMEOUT]]]) Obtain the time(1,2,n) on "HOST", or some default host(1,5) if(3,n) "HOST" is not given or not defined, using the protocol as defined in(1,8) RFC868. The optional argument "PROTOCOL" should define the protocol to use, either "tcp" or "udp". The result will be a time(1,2,n) value in(1,8) the same units(1,7) as returned by time(1,2,n)() or undef upon failure. inet_daytime ( [HOST [, PROTOCOL [, TIMEOUT]]]) Obtain the time(1,2,n) on "HOST", or some default host(1,5) if(3,n) "HOST" is not given or not defined, using the protocol as defined in(1,8) RFC867. The optional argument "PROTOCOL" should define the protocol to use, either "tcp" or "udp". The result will be an ASCII string(3,n) or undef upon failure. AUTHOR Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com> COPYRIGHT 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. perl v5.8.5 2001-09-21 Net::Time(3)