stime(2) System Calls Manual stime(2)
NAME
stime() - set time and date
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
The system call sets the system time and date. tp points to the value of time as measured in seconds from 00:00:00 on January 1, 1970,
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Security Restrictions
Some or all of the actions associated with this system call require the privilege. Processes owned by the superuser will have this privi-
lege. Processes owned by other users may have this privilege, depending on system configuration. See privileges(5) for more information
about privileged access on systems that support fine-grained privileges.
RETURN VALUE
returns the following values:
Successful completion.
Failure.
is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
If fails, is set to one of the following values.
The calling process does not have the
privilege.
The parameter points to an invalid (negative) time value.
The parameter is an invalid address.
SEE ALSO
date(1), gettimeofday(2), time(2), privileges(5).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
stime(2)
