RFC 867: Daytime Protocol
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This RFC specifies a standard for the ARPA Internet community. Hosts on the ARPA Internet that choose to implement a Daytime Protocol are expected to adopt and implement this standard. The Daytime service simply sends the current date and time as a character string without regard to the input.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC867
- Published
- May 1983
- Authors
- J. Postel
- Status
- INTERNET STANDARD
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 2
- Also known as
- STD25
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