stime - set time
#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
NOTE: This function is deprecated; use
clock_settime(2) instead.
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.
On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and
errno is set
appropriately.
- EFAULT
- Error in getting information from user space.
- EPERM
- The calling process has insufficient privilege. Under Linux, the
CAP_SYS_TIME privilege is required.
SVr4.
Starting with glibc 2.31, this function is no longer available to newly linked
applications and is no longer declared in
<time.h>.
date(1),
settimeofday(2),
capabilities(7)