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| .TH STIME 2 2021-03-22 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
| .SH NAME |
| stime \- set time |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .nf |
| .B #include <time.h> |
| .PP |
| .BI "int stime(const time_t *" t ); |
| .fi |
| .PP |
| .RS -4 |
| Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see |
| .BR feature_test_macros (7)): |
| .RE |
| .PP |
| .BR stime (): |
| .nf |
| Since glibc 2.19: |
| _DEFAULT_SOURCE |
| Glibc 2.19 and earlier: |
| _SVID_SOURCE |
| .fi |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .BR NOTE : |
| This function is deprecated; |
| use |
| .BR clock_settime (2) |
| instead. |
| .PP |
| .BR stime () |
| sets the system's idea of the time and date. |
| The time, pointed |
| to by \fIt\fP, is measured in seconds since the |
| Epoch, 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC). |
| .BR stime () |
| may be executed only by the superuser. |
| .SH RETURN VALUE |
| On success, zero is returned. |
| On error, \-1 is returned, and |
| .I errno |
| is set to indicate the error. |
| .SH ERRORS |
| .TP |
| .B EFAULT |
| Error in getting information from user space. |
| .TP |
| .B EPERM |
| The calling process has insufficient privilege. |
| Under Linux, the |
| .B CAP_SYS_TIME |
| privilege is required. |
| .SH CONFORMING TO |
| SVr4. |
| .SH NOTES |
| Starting with glibc 2.31, |
| this function is no longer available to newly linked applications |
| and is no longer declared in |
| .IR <time.h> . |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR date (1), |
| .BR settimeofday (2), |
| .BR capabilities (7) |