stime

Name

stime -- set time

Synopsis

#define _SVID_SOURCE
#include <time.h>

int stime(time_t *t);

Description

If the process has appropriate privilege, the stime function shall set the system's idea of the time and date. Time, referenced by t, is measured in seconds from the epoch (defined in ISO POSIX (2003) as 00:00:00 UTC January 1, 1970).

Return Value

On success, stime shall return 0. Otherwise, stime shall return -1 and errno shall be set to indicate the error.

Errors

EPERM

The process does not have appropriate privilege.

EINVAL

t is a null pointer.