


     TTTTIIIIMMMMSSSSEEEERRRRVVVVEEEERRRR((((1111MMMM))))                 AAAANNNNNNNNEEEEXXXX                 TTTTIIIIMMMMSSSSEEEERRRRVVVVEEEERRRR((((1111MMMM))))



     NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE
          timserver - standard Internet time server daemon

     SSSSYYYYNNNNOOOOPPPPSSSSIIIISSSS
          ttttiiiimmmmsssseeeerrrrvvvveeeerrrr

     DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
          _t_i_m_s_e_r_v_e_r listens at a well-known UDP port ("time" or
          "timserver", 37/udp) for requests to provide the standard
          Internet machine readable time service.  A single datagram
          containing 4 bytes is sent back to the requester,
          representing an integer in network byte order containing of
          the number of seconds since midnight, January 1, 1900.  This
          service is normally provided under 4.3BSD by an internal
          service in _i_n_e_t_d(8C), and is included here only for those
          systems not having that program.  This service is used by an
          Annex terminal server to sync its internal clock to the
          correct time.

     SSSSEEEEEEEE AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO
          RFC-868 ``Time Protocol'', from the ARPANET Network
          Information Center.

































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