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stime(2)							      stime(2)

NAME
       stime() - set time and date

SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
       The  system call sets the system time and date.	tp points to the value
       of time as measured in seconds from 00:00:00 on January 1, 1970,	 Coor‐
       dinated Universal Time (UTC).

   Security Restrictions
       Some or all of the actions associated with this system call require the
       privilege.  Processes owned by the superuser will have this  privilege.
       Processes  owned	 by  other users may have this privilege, depending on
       system configuration.  See privileges(5)	 for  more  information	 about
       privileged access on systems that support fine-grained privileges.

RETURN VALUE
       returns the following values:

	      Successful completion.
	      Failure.
		     is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS
       If fails, is set to one of the following values.

	      The calling process does not have the
			     privilege.

	      The	     parameter	points	to  an invalid (negative) time
			     value.

	      The	     parameter is an invalid address.

SEE ALSO
       date(1), gettimeofday(2), time(2), privileges(5).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
								      stime(2)

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