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System Callsstime(2)


NAME

 stime - set system time and date

SYNOPSIS

 
#include <unistd.h>
int stime(const time_t *tp);

DESCRIPTION

 

The stime() function sets the system's idea of the time and date. The tp argument points to the value of time as measured in seconds from 00:00:00 UTC January 1, 1970.

RETURN VALUES

 

Upon successful completion, 0 is returned. Otherwise, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

 

The stime() function will fail if:

EINVAL
The tp argument points to an invalid (negative) time value.
EPERM
The effective user of the calling process is not super-user.

SEE ALSO

 

time(2)


SunOS 5.9Go To TopLast Changed 5 Jul 1990

 
      
      
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