---
name: "date@"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ucspi-tcp"
version: "1:0.88-13"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/date@"
---

# date@(1)

prints the date on a remote host.

## NAME

date@ - prints the date on a remote host.

## SYNOPSIS

**date@** \[ *host* \]

## DESCRIPTION

**date@** connects to TCP port 13 (Daytime) on *host* and prints any data it receives. It removes CR (\\015) 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 -RHl0 0 13 date

using tcpserver.

## SEE ALSO

[tcpserver(1)](/tcpserver/1.md), [tcprules(1)](/tcprules/1.md), [tcprulescheck(1)](/tcprulescheck/1.md), [argv0(1)](/argv0/1.md), [fixcrio(1)](/fixcrio/1.md), [recordio(1)](/recordio/1.md), [rblsmtpd(1)](/rblsmtpd/1.md), [tcpclient(1)](/tcpclient/1.md), who@(1), finger@(1), http@(1), [tcpcat(1)](/tcpcat/1.md), [mconnect(1)](/mconnect/1.md), [tcp-environ(5)](/tcp-environ/5.md)

http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp.html