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System Calls                                             stime(2)



NAME
     stime - set system time and date

SYNOPSIS
     #include 

     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 meas-
     ured 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)
               value.


     EPERM     The {PRIV_SYS_TIME} privilege is not  asserted  in
               the effective set of the calling process.


SEE ALSO
     time(2), privileges(5)
























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