rdate can't connect socket

[Bob Hilliard <bob@bobhilliard.net>]

     I have the following command in a cron.daily script:
          rdate time.mist.god

     This has worked consistently for a long time, but for the past
week or two it returns:
     rdate: Could not connect socket: Connection refused

     This message returns almost instantly - too quickly, I believe,
to be a connection refused at the remote server.

     Can this be a socket on my machine that refuses a connection?

     I have rdate 1.3-3.
 
Bob 
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