diff --git a/coreutils/date.c b/coreutils/date.c
index b016656..99b7578 100644
--- a/coreutils/date.c
+++ b/coreutils/date.c
@@ -269,6 +269,9 @@ int date_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 		time(&ts.tv_sec);
 #endif
 	}
+#if !ENABLE_FEATURE_DATE_NANO
+	ts.tv_nsec = 0;
+#endif
 	localtime_r(&ts.tv_sec, &tm_time);
 
 	/* If date string is given, update tm_time, and maybe set date */
@@ -305,12 +308,13 @@ int date_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 			if (date_str[0] != '@')
 				tm_time.tm_isdst = -1;
 			ts.tv_sec = validate_tm_time(date_str, &tm_time);
+			ts.tv_nsec = 0;
 
 			maybe_set_utc(opt);
 		}
 
 		/* if setting time, set it */
-		if ((opt & OPT_SET) && stime(&ts.tv_sec) < 0) {
+		if ((opt & OPT_SET) && clock_settime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts) < 0) {
 			bb_perror_msg("can't set date");
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/libbb/missing_syscalls.c b/libbb/missing_syscalls.c
index 0934128..65709ed 100644
--- a/libbb/missing_syscalls.c
+++ b/libbb/missing_syscalls.c
@@ -16,14 +16,6 @@ pid_t getsid(pid_t pid)
 	return syscall(__NR_getsid, pid);
 }
 
-int stime(const time_t *t)
-{
-	struct timeval tv;
-	tv.tv_sec = *t;
-	tv.tv_usec = 0;
-	return settimeofday(&tv, NULL);
-}
-
 int sethostname(const char *name, size_t len)
 {
 	return syscall(__NR_sethostname, name, len);
diff --git a/networking/httpget.c b/networking/httpget.c
index 74889ea..3221dbd 100644
--- a/networking/httpget.c
+++ b/networking/httpget.c
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ static int eat_headers(FILE *tcp_file, int *chunked, int *content_length,
 				"setting time, time difference is %d\n",
 						(int)(tim-now));
 				}
-				stime(&tim);
+				clock_settime(CLOCK_REALTIME,&tim);
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/networking/httppost.c b/networking/httppost.c
index 93ccfb1..cb4179e 100644
--- a/networking/httppost.c
+++ b/networking/httppost.c
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ int httppost_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			fprintf(stderr,
 				"setting time, time difference is %ld\n",
 				(long)server_time-now.tv_sec);
-			stime(&server_time);
+			clock_settime(CLOCK_REALTIME,&server_time);
 			if (atlas_id)
 			{
 				printf(
diff --git a/util-linux/rdate.c b/util-linux/rdate.c
index 8dd784d..d38f676 100644
--- a/util-linux/rdate.c
+++ b/util-linux/rdate.c
@@ -79,9 +79,13 @@ int rdate_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 		time(&current_time);
 		if (current_time == remote_time)
 			bb_error_msg("current time matches remote time");
-		else
-			if (stime(&remote_time) < 0)
+		else {
+			struct timespec ts;
+			ts.tv_sec = remote_time;
+			ts.tv_nsec = 0;
+			if (clock_settime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts) < 0)
 				bb_perror_msg_and_die("can't set time of day");
+			}
 	}
 
 	if (flags != 1) /* not lone -s */