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stime

Section: System Calls (2)
Updated: 202-0-08
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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, 197-0-01 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

None.

HISTORY

SVr4. Starting with glibc 2.31, this function is no longer available to newly linked applications and is no longer declared in <time.h>.