stime(2)

NAME

   stime - set time

SYNOPSIS

   #include <time.h>

   int stime(const time_t *t);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

   stime():
       Since glibc 2.19:
           _DEFAULT_SOURCE
       Glibc 2.19 and earlier:
           _SVID_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION

   stime() sets the system's idea of the time and date.  The time, pointed
   to by t, is measured in seconds since the  Epoch,  1970-01-01  00:00:00
   +0000 (UTC).  stime() may be executed only by the superuser.

RETURN VALUE

   On  success,  zero is returned.  On error, -1 is returned, and errno is
   set appropriately.

ERRORS

   EFAULT Error in getting information from user space.

   EPERM  The calling process has insufficient  privilege.   Under  Linux,
          the CAP_SYS_TIME privilege is required.

CONFORMING TO

   SVr4.

SEE ALSO

   date(1), settimeofday(2), capabilities(7)

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