1STIME(2)                   Linux Programmer's Manual                  STIME(2)
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NAME

6       stime - set time
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <time.h>
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11       int stime(time_t *t);
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13   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
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15       stime(): _SVID_SOURCE
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DESCRIPTION

18       stime() sets the system's idea of the time and date.  The time, pointed
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RETURN VALUE

23       On  success,  zero is returned.  On error, -1 is returned, and errno is
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ERRORS

27       EFAULT Error in getting information from user space.
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CONFORMING TO

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SEE ALSO

36       date(1), settimeofday(2), capabilities(7)
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COLOPHON

39       This  page  is  part of release 3.25 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
40       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
41       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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