#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$protocol
should define the protocol to use, eithertcp
orudp
. The result will be a time value in the same units as returned by time() or undef upon failure. inet_daytime([$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, eithertcp
orudp
. 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
Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Graham Barr. All rights reserved.
Copyright (C) 2014, 2020 Steve Hay. All rights reserved.
#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.