stime(2) Linux Man Page - System Grab Bag

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>.