NAME
stime() — set time and date
SYNOPSIS
#include <time.h>
int stime(const time_t *tp);
DESCRIPTION
The
stime()
system call sets the system time and date.
tp
points to the value of time as
measured in seconds from 00:00:00 on January 1, 1970,
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
RETURN VALUE
stime()
returns the following values:
- 0
Successful completion.
- -1
Failure.
errno
is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
If
stime()
fails,
errno
is set to one of the following values.
- [EPERM]
The effective user
ID
of the calling process is not superuser.
- [EINVAL]
The
tp
parameter points to an invalid (negative) time value.
- [EFAULT]
The
tp
parameter is an invalid address.
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
stime(): SVID2, SVID3, XPG2
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