#NAME

Net::Time - time and daytime network client interface

#SYNOPSIS

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');

#DESCRIPTION

Net::Time provides subroutines that obtain the time on a remote machine.

#Functions

#inet_time([$host[, $protocol[, $timeout]]]): Obtain the time on $host, or some default host if $host is not given or not defined, using the protocol as defined in RFC868. The optional argument $protocol should define the protocol to use, either tcp or udp. The result will be a time value in the same units as returned by time() or undef upon failure.
#inet_daytime([$host[, $protocol[, $timeout]]]): Obtain the time on $host, or some default host if $host is not given or not defined, using the protocol as defined in RFC867. The optional argument $protocol should define the protocol to use, either tcp or udp. The result will be an ASCII string or undef upon failure.

#EXPORTS

The following symbols are, or can be, exported by this module:

#Default Exports: None.
#Optional Exports: inet_time, inet_daytime.
#Export Tags: None.

#KNOWN BUGS

None.

#AUTHOR

Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>.

Steve Hay <shay@cpan.org> is now maintaining libnet as of version 1.22_02.

#COPYRIGHT

#LICENCE

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, i.e. under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License, as specified in the LICENCE file.

#VERSION

Version 3.15

#DATE

20 March 2023

#HISTORY

See the Changes file.

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