NAME

stime − set time

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. 

[EPERM] stime fails if the effective user ID of the calling process is not super-user. 

SEE ALSO

time(2). 

DIAGNOSTICS

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

September 02, 1992