STIME(2)                            Linux Programmer's Manual                            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(): _SVID_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION
       stime()  sets  the system's idea of the time and date.  The time, pointed to by t, is mea‐
       sured in seconds since the Epoch, 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC).  stime()  may  be  exe‐
       cuted 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)

COLOPHON
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Linux                                       2014-05-10                                   STIME(2)