1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/util-linux/rdate.c b/util-linux/rdate.c
index bb1dc519a..9b80141c9 100644
--- a/util-linux/rdate.c
+++ b/util-linux/rdate.c
@@ -96,11 +96,10 @@ int rdate_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                 if (time(NULL) == remote_time)
                         bb_simple_error_msg("current time matches remote time");
                 else {
-                        struct timespec ts;
+                        struct timeval ts;
                         ts.tv_sec = remote_time;
-                        ts.tv_nsec = 0;
-                        if (clock_settime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts) < 0)
-                                bb_simple_perror_msg_and_die("can't set time of day");
+                        ts.tv_usec = 0;
+                        xsettimeofday(&ts);
                 }
         }