How to set system time in linux using time_t variable

Asked Jan 13 '15 at 10:42

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I have a time_t variable, I want to set system time (linux) using this variable. lets say,

time_t tmp;

I know that I can print this time using ctime(&tmp), and output would be like this.

Tue Jan 13 15:54:47 2015

how can I use this tmp variable to set my system time?

EDIT: This question is not a duplicate of question marked by moderator. For answer, please refer comment section.

edited Jun 04 '15 at 03:44

asked Jan 13 '15 at 10:42

saurabh agarwal

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something like `settimeofday()`? – Sourav Ghosh Jan 13 '15 at 10:48
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`settimeofday()` is the right answer, the duplicate question pointed is not a duplicate, it answer different question. – Jonatan Goebel Jan 13 '15 at 11:34

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