linux man page for stime

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

NAME
       stime - set time

SYNOPSIS
       #include <time.h>

       int stime(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 measured in seconds since the Epoch, 1970-01-01
       00:00:00 +0000 (UTC).  stime() may only be executed 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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       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

Linux								    2010-02-25								  STIME(2)