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Command-line tool to ask remote server for current date-time

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On Mac OS X (such as 10.8 thru 10.11) is there a bundled command-line tool to ask a specific remote NTP time server for the current date-time? I found ntpdc but this queries the ntpd utility which I assume means going through my already-defined NTP servers. I want to make a call outside of my pre-defined NTP servers. Like this imaginary line where -s means server-address: ntpclient -s time.euro.apple.com current
Asked by Basil Bourque (13982 rep)
Apr 9, 2016, 12:11 AM
Last activity: Apr 9, 2025, 02:06 AM