STIME
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)
Updated: 2010-02-25
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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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Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ERRORS
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- CONFORMING TO
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- SEE ALSO
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- COLOPHON
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