What is 'ntpdate' service newly created on RHEL6 ?

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Issue

  • What is 'ntpdate' service newly added on RHEL6 ?

There is ntpdate service (/etc/init.d/ntpdate) on RHEL6 system . This service was not provided in RHEL5.
What does this service do ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x

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