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STIME

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
CONFORMING TO
SEE ALSO

NAME

stime − set time

SYNOPSIS

#include <time.h>

int stime(time_t *t);

DESCRIPTION

stime sets the system’s 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 super user.

RETURN VALUE

On success, zero is returned. On error, −1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS

EPERM

The caller is not the super-user.

CONFORMING TO

SVr4, SVID, X/OPEN

SEE ALSO

date(1)


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