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



NAME
       stime - set time

SYNOPSIS
       #include <time.h>

       int stime(const time_t *t);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       stime():
	   Since glibc 2.19:
	       _DEFAULT_SOURCE
	   Glibc 2.19 and earlier:
	       _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 be executed only 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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Linux				  2016-03-15			      STIME(2)