1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/util-linux/rdate.c b/util-linux/rdate.c
index 41aade5ea..bb1dc519a 100644
--- a/util-linux/rdate.c
+++ b/util-linux/rdate.c
@@ -95,9 +95,13 @@ int rdate_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         if (!(flags & 2)) { /* no -p (-s may be present) */
                 if (time(NULL) == remote_time)
                         bb_simple_error_msg("current time matches remote time");
-                else
-                        if (stime(&remote_time) < 0)
+                else {
+                        struct timespec 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");
+                }
         }
 
         if (flags != 1) /* not lone -s */