rdate fails Y2K?

[Pann McCuaig <pann@ourmanpann.com>]

# ping time.nist.gov
PING time.nist.gov (192.43.244.18): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.43.244.18: icmp_seq=0 ttl=47 time=85.3 ms
64 bytes from 192.43.244.18: icmp_seq=1 ttl=47 time=92.2 ms

--- time.nist.gov ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 85.3/88.7/92.2 ms

# rdate -p time.nist.gov
rdate: Could not read data: No such file or directory

$ uname -a
Linux desktop 2.0.36 #1 Sun Jul 4 16:20:36 PDT 1999 i586 unknown

$ cat /etc/debian_version
2.1

$ dpkg -l | grep netstd
ii  netstd          3.07-7slink.3  Networking binaries and daemons for Linux

I noticed that my nightly time sync failed at
Sat, 1 Jan 2000 01:45:00 -0800 (PST)
and then got the above when doing a manual attempt.

Ideas?

Cheers,
 Pann
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