STIME(2)		   Linux Programmers Manual		     STIME(2)



NAME
       stime - set time

SYNOPSIS
       #include 

       int stime(time_t *t);

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

       stime(): _SVID_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION
       stime()	sets the systems idea of the time and date.  Time, pointed to
       by t, is measured  in  seconds  from  00:00:00  GMT  January  1,  1970.
       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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       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.



Linux				  2007-07-26			      STIME(2)