stime

Name

stime -- set time

Synopsis

#define _SVID_SOURCE
#include <time.h>

int stime(const time_t * t);

Description

If the process has appropriate privilege, the stime() function shall set the system's idea of the time and date. Time, referenced by t, is measured in seconds from the epoch (defined in POSIX 1003.1-2001 (ISO/IEC 9945-2003) as 00:00:00 UTC January 1, 1970).

Return Value

On success, stime() shall return 0. Otherwise, stime() shall return -1 and errno shall be set to indicate the error.

Errors

EPERM 

The process does not have appropriate privilege.

EINVAL 

t is a null pointer.