NAME

stime − set time and date

SYNOPSIS

int stime (tp)
long ∗tp;

DESCRIPTION

Stime sets the system’s idea of the time and date.  Tp points to the value of time as measured in seconds from 00:00:00 GMT January 1, 1970. 

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.  Otherwise, a value of −1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error. 

ERRORS

[EPERM] Stime will fail if the effective user ID of the calling process is not super-user. 

HARDWARE DEPENDENCIES

Integral PC
Normal users have all super-user capabilities.

SEE ALSO

date(1), gettimeofday(2), time(2). 

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