Man Page for time

Query: time

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Section: 2

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TIME(2) 							System Calls Manual							   TIME(2)

NAME
       time, stime - get/set date and time

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <time.h>

       time_t time(time_t *tp)
       int stime(time_t *tp)

DESCRIPTION
       The  system's  notion  of the current Greenwich time is obtained with the time call, and set with the stime call.  The time is expressed in
       seconds since midnight (0 hour), January 1, 1970.  The time is both returned by time and stored in the variable pointed to by tp unless	tp
       is the null pointer.

       Stime obtains the time to set from the variable pointed to by tp.

       Only the super-user may set the time of day.

RETURN
       A  0  return value from stime indicates that the call succeeded.  Time returns the current time on success.  A -1 return value indicates an
       error occurred, and in this case an error code is stored into the global variable errno.

ERRORS
       The following error codes may be set in errno:

       [EFAULT]       The tp address referenced invalid memory.

       [EPERM]	      A user other than the super-user attempted to set the time.

SEE ALSO
       date(1), ctime(3).

4th Berkeley Distribution					   May 14, 1986 							   TIME(2)

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