rdate software package provides sets the systems date from a remote host, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install rdate
rdate is installed in your system.
Make ensure the rdate package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep rdate *
You will get with rdate package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Network |
| Package | rdate |
| Version | 1:1.2-5 |
| Description | sets the systems date from a remote host |
| Sub Section | Net |
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