w3daytim is simple enough 'daytime' client for Windows 3.1+Win32s. Is it still a thing?

Anyway, you can use it to set the clock of your VM, 486 PC, microwave at boot time.

It expects the date format exposed by OpenBSD inetd internal 'daytime' server: "+%a %b %_d %H:%M:%S %Y" As in: Tue Apr 2 04:18:51 2019

To build this, you need the following:

• GNU make
• mingw-w64: Any mingw version should work, since we're targeting crtdll and that's been supported even since the early versions.
• InfoZIP's zip: That is, if you want to build 'dist' packages.
• GNU awk: same reason. mawk also works
• A bit of love for really old and useless things

• Edit 'w3daytim.ini' to fit your needs
• Run the thing

Q: Why this program?

A: I might have too much free time. Also FFXIV servers were on maintenance.

Q: Why using the 'daytime' protocol? the 'date' one is more standard.

A: 2038

Q: Why not using the NTP protocol?

A: If you want to port libntp/ntpdate on Win32s/winsock 1.1, you're welcome!

Q: Why the gethostbyname()/gethostbyaddr() thing?

A: winsock 1.1

Q: Why this FAQ?

A: Check the first question