stime(3) [osf1 man page]
stime(3) Library Functions Manual stime(3) NAME
stime - Sets the system-wide time-of-day clock LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc.a) SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/time.h> int stime( long *tz ); PARAMETERS
Points to the value of time, to be interpreted as the number of seconds since 00:00:00 GMT on January 1, 1970. DESCRIPTION
The stime() function sets the time and date of the system. RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, a value of 0 (zero) is returned. Otherwise, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error. ERRORS
If the stime() function fails, errno is set to one of the following values: The calling process does not have the appropriate system privi- lege. RELATED INFORMATION
Functions: gettimeofday(2), gettimer(3) delim off stime(3)
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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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