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():
	   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)

COLOPHON

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Linux								    2016-03-15								  STIME(2)