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
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.
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.
NOTES
Starting with glibc 2.31, this function is no longer available to newly
linked applications and is no longer declared in <time.h>.
SEE ALSO
date(1), settimeofday(2), capabilities(7)
COLOPHON
This page is part of release 5.07 of the Linux man-pages project. A
description of the project, information about reporting bugs, and the
latest version of this page, can be found at
https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
Linux 2020-02-09 STIME(2)