diff -Naur rdate-990821.orig/rdate.1 rdate-990821/rdate.1
--- rdate-990821.orig/rdate.1	1999-08-21 22:46:41.000000000 +0200
+++ rdate-990821/rdate.1	2004-04-18 22:45:15.000000000 +0200
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 rdate \- get the date and time via the network
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
 .B rdate
-[\-p] [\-s] [\-u] [host...]
+[\-p] [\-s] [\-u] [\-q] [host...]
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .B Rdate
 uses TCP or UDP to retrieve the current time of another machine using
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 .I \-u
 Use UDP to retrieve the time instead of TCP.
 The client will timeout if no reply is received within 5 seconds.
+.TP
+.I \-q
+Quiet mode.
 .SH FILES
 .nf
 /etc/services	map service name to socket number
@@ -51,6 +54,9 @@
 .TP
 21-Aug-99  Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <misiek@pld.org.pl>
 Added IPv6 support via TCP and UDP.
+.TP
+21-Aug-99  Karol Wojtaszek <sekretarz@dukato.net>
+Added quiet mode.
 .SH BUGS
 Timeout handling on UDP doesn't work after the first server.
 Something to do with signal(2) semantics I don't understand.
diff -Naur rdate-990821.orig/rdate.c rdate-990821/rdate.c
--- rdate-990821.orig/rdate.c	1999-08-21 22:46:41.000000000 +0200
+++ rdate-990821/rdate.c	2004-04-19 18:39:10.128450056 +0200
@@ -10,11 +10,34 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <setjmp.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
 
 /* difference between Unix time and net time */
 #define BASE1970	2208988800UL
 
 jmp_buf	jmp;
+int quiet = 0;
+
+
+int p_fprintf(FILE *p, char *fmt, ...)
+{
+    va_list ap;
+    int ret;
+
+    if (quiet == 1) return;
+    
+    va_start(ap, fmt);
+    ret = vfprintf(p, fmt, ap);
+
+    va_end(ap);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+int p_perror(char *s)
+{
+    if (quiet == 0) perror(s);
+    
+}
 
 void alarm_handler(int signum)
 {
@@ -44,17 +67,17 @@
 
 #ifndef INET6
 	if ((him = gethostbyname(host)) == NULL) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "rdate: Unknown host %s\n", host);
+		p_fprintf(stderr, "rdate: Unknown host %s\n", host);
 		return(-1);
 	}
 
         if ((timeServ = getservbyname("time","udp")) == NULL) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "rdate: time/udp: unknown service\n");
+                p_fprintf(stderr, "rdate: time/udp: unknown service\n");
                 return(-1);
         }
 
 	if ((fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)) < 0) {
-		perror("rdate");
+		p_perror("rdate");
 		return(-1);
 	}
 
@@ -70,7 +93,7 @@
 	hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_DGRAM;
         err = getaddrinfo(host, "time", &hints, &res0);
         if (err < 0) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "rdate %s", gai_strerror(err));
+                p_fprintf(stderr, "rdate %s", gai_strerror(err));
                 return(-1);
         }
         err = -1;
@@ -83,13 +106,13 @@
 	}
         freeaddrinfo(res0);
         if (err < 0) {
-                perror("rdate");
+                p_perror("rdate");
                 return(-1);
         }
 
 	if (sendto(fd, netTime, 0, 0, res->ai_addr, res->ai_addrlen) < 0) {
 #endif
-		perror("rdate");
+		p_perror("rdate");
 		close(fd);
 		return (-1);
 	}
@@ -106,17 +129,17 @@
 	if ((jmpstatus = setjmp(jmp)) == 0 &&
 	  (n = recvfrom(fd, netTime, sizeof(netTime), 0, res->ai_addr, &res->ai_addrlen)) < 0) {
 #endif
-		perror("rdate");
+		p_perror("rdate");
 		close(fd);
 		return (-1);
 	}
 	if (jmpstatus != 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "rdate: timed out waiting for data from %s\n", host);
+		p_fprintf(stderr, "rdate: timed out waiting for data from %s\n", host);
 		close(fd);
 		return (-1);
 	}
 	if (n < sizeof(netTime)) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "rdate: partial data read from %s\n", host);
+		p_fprintf(stderr, "rdate: partial data read from %s\n", host);
 		close(fd);
 		return (-1);
 	}
@@ -151,17 +174,17 @@
 
 #ifndef INET6
 	if ((him = gethostbyname(host)) == NULL) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "rdate: Unknown host %s\n", host);
+		p_fprintf(stderr, "rdate: Unknown host %s\n", host);
 		return(-1);
 	}
 
         if ((timeServ = getservbyname("time","tcp")) == NULL) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "rdate: time/tcp: unknown service\n");
+                p_fprintf(stderr, "rdate: time/tcp: unknown service\n");
                 return(-1);
         }
 
 	if ((fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) {
-		perror("rdate");
+		p_perror("rdate");
 		return(-1);
 	}
 
@@ -170,7 +193,7 @@
         sin.sin_port = timeServ->s_port;
 
         if (connect(fd, &sin, sizeof(sin)) < 0) {
-		perror("rdate");
+		p_perror("rdate");
 		close(fd);
 		return(-1);
 	}
@@ -181,7 +204,7 @@
 	hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
 	err = getaddrinfo(host, "time", &hints, &res0);
 	if (err < 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "rdate %s", gai_strerror(err));
+		p_fprintf(stderr, "rdate %s", gai_strerror(err));
 		return(-1);
 	}
 	err = -1;
@@ -198,7 +221,7 @@
 	}
 	freeaddrinfo(res0);
 	if (err < 0) {
-		perror("rdate");
+		p_perror("rdate");
 		return(-1);
 	}
 #endif
@@ -207,7 +230,7 @@
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; ) {
 		int l = read(fd, &netTime[i], 4-i);
 		if (l <= 0) {
-			perror("rdate");
+			p_perror("rdate");
 			close(fd);
 			return(-1);
 		}
@@ -230,7 +253,7 @@
 	int o, mode = 0;
 	time_t t;
 
-	while ((o = getopt(argc, argv, "spu")) != EOF)
+	while ((o = getopt(argc, argv, "spuq")) != EOF)
 		switch (o) {
 		  case 'p':
 			mode |= 1;
@@ -241,9 +264,12 @@
 		  case 'u':
 			mode |= 4;
 			break;
+		  case 'q':
+			quiet = 1;
+			break;
 		  default:
 		  usage:
-			fprintf(stderr, "Usage: rdate [-s] [-p] [-u] <host> ...\n");
+			p_fprintf(stderr, "Usage: rdate [-s] [-p] [-u] [-q] <host> ...\n");
 			return 1;
 		}
 	if (optind >= argc)
@@ -256,10 +282,10 @@
 		if (t == (time_t)-1)
 			continue;
 		if (mode & 1)
-			printf("[%s]\t%s", argv[o], ctime(&t));
+			p_fprintf(stdout,"[%s]\t%s", argv[o], ctime(&t));
 		if (mode & 2)
 			if (stime(&t) < 0) {
-				perror("rdate");
+				p_perror("rdate");
 				return 1;
 			}
 	}