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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+# Script Fragt den RFC 868 Timeserver ab
+# und liefert die Zeit
+#
+# 20060721 Peter Baumann <dev@linuxnet.ch>
+
+use IO::Socket;
+
+# Einen DaytimeServer anzapfen
+$hostname = "172.16.1.40";
+
+# Serverport
+use constant SVPORT => 37;
+
+# Differenz zwischen 1.1.1900 (Time-Server)
+# und 1.1.1970 (UNIX-Epoche)
+use constant KORR => 2208988800;
+
+my $cur_time = &get_time;
+print "Die Server Zeit ist $cur_time\n";
+
+# Zeit vom anderen Server holen
+sub get_time
+  {
+  my ($binarytime, $servertime);
+  my $ts_sock = new IO::Socket::INET (
+                      PeerAddr => $hostname,
+                      PeerPort => SVPORT,
+                      Proto    => 'tcp')
+       or die "can't create local socket: $@\n";
+
+  read($ts_sock,$binarytime,4);
+  $ts_sock->close();
+  $servertime = unpack('N',$binarytime);
+  $servertime = localtime($servertime - KORR);
+  return "$servertime";
+  }