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stime(2) System Calls Manual 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

Error in getting information from user space.
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)

2024-05-02 Linux man-pages (unreleased)