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gettimeofday(2)

time(3)

stime(3)

Name

stime − set time

Syntax

int stime (tp)
long *tp;

Description

The stime system call sets the system’s time and date. The tp argument points to the value of time as measured in seconds from 00:00:00 GMT January 1, 1970. 

Return Values

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

Diagnostics

[EPERM] The effective user ID of the calling process is not the superuser. 

See Also

gettimeofday(2), time(3)

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