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-rw-r--r--util-linux/rdate.c9
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/util-linux/rdate.c b/util-linux/rdate.c
index 66b877e..14ce591 100644
--- a/util-linux/rdate.c
+++ b/util-linux/rdate.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static time_t askremotedate(const char *host)
uint32_t nett;
int fd;
- /* Add a timeout for dead or inaccessible servers */
+ /* Timeout for dead or inaccessible servers */
alarm(10);
signal(SIGALRM, socket_timeout);
@@ -53,9 +53,8 @@ static time_t askremotedate(const char *host)
close(fd);
/* Convert from network byte order to local byte order.
- * RFC 868 time is the number of seconds
- * since 00:00 (midnight) 1 January 1900 GMT
- * the RFC 868 time 2,208,988,800 corresponds to 00:00 1 Jan 1970 GMT
+ * RFC 868 time is seconds since 1900-01-01 00:00 GMT.
+ * RFC 868 time 2,208,988,800 corresponds to 1970-01-01 00:00 GMT.
* Subtract the RFC 868 time to get Linux epoch.
*/
nett = ntohl(nett) - RFC_868_BIAS;
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ static time_t askremotedate(const char *host)
* current time cur = 0x123ffffffff.
* Assuming our time is not some 40 years off,
* remote time must be 0x12400000001.
- * Need to adjust out time by (int32_t)(nett - cur).
+ * Need to adjust our time by (int32_t)(nett - cur).
*/
time_t cur = time(NULL);
int32_t adjust = (int32_t)(nett - (uint32_t)cur);