stime
Section: System Calls (2)
Updated: 2023-02-05
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NAME
stime - set time
SYNOPSIS
#include <time.h>
[[deprecated]] 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 to indicate the error.
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.
STANDARDS
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)
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ERRORS
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- STANDARDS
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- NOTES
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- SEE ALSO
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