stime(2)

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, 1970-01-01 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>.

SEE ALSO
date(1), settimeofday(2), capabilities(7)