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# print the time with a udp client socket
# @author amaury darsch

# get the modules
interp:library "afnix-net"
interp:library "afnix-sys"

# get the daytime server port
const port (afnix:net:get-udp-service "time")

# create a client socket and read the data
const print-time (host) {
  # create a udp client socket
  const s (afnix:net:UdpClient host port)

  # send an empty datagram until the socket is valid
  s:write
  # read the 4 bytes data and adjust to epoch
  const buf (s:read 4)
  const val (- (buf:get-quad) 2208988800)
  # format the date
  const time (afnix:sys:Time val)
  println (time:format-date) ' ' (time:format-time)
}

# check for one argument or use localhost
const host (if (== (interp:argv:length) 0) "localhost" (interp:argv:get 0))
print-time host