stime

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Header File

time.h

Category

Time and Date Routines

Prototype

int stime(time_t *tp);

Description

Sets system date and time.

stime sets the system time and date. tp points to the value of the time as measured in seconds from 00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970.

Return Value

stime returns a value of 0.

Example

#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
int main(void)
{
  time_t t;
  t = time(NULL);
  printf("Current date is %s", ctime(&t));
  t -= 24L*60L*60L;  /* Back up to same time previous day */
  stime(&t);
  printf("\nNew date is %s", ctime(&t));
   return 0;
}

Portability

POSIX	Win32	ANSI C	ANSI C++
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