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NAME¶
date@ - print the date on a host
SYNTAX¶
date@ [ host ]
DESCRIPTION¶
date@ connects to TCP port 13 (Daytime) on host and prints any data it receives. It removes CR and converts unprintable characters to a visible format.
If host is not supplied, date@ connects to the local host.
Some computers respond to port 13 with a human-readable date. For example, they may be running
tcpserver 0 13 date &