SetSystemTime
The SetSystemTime
function sets the current system time and date. The system time is expressed in
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
BOOL SetSystemTime(
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CONST SYSTEMTIME *lpSystemTime
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// address of
system time to set |
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Parameters
lpSystemTime
Points to a SYSTEMTIME structure that contains the
current system date and time.
The wDayOfWeek
member of the SYSTEMTIME structure is ignored.
Return Values
If the
function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.
If the
function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information,
call GetLastError.
Remarks
Windows
NT: The SetSystemTime function
fails if the calling process does not have the SE_SYSTEMTIME_NAME privilege.
This privilege is disabled by default. Use the AdjustTokenPrivileges function to enable this
privilege and again to disable it after the time has been set. For more
information about security privileges, see Privileges.
Windows
95: Security privileges are not
supported or required.
See Also