TIME (The GNU Fortran Compiler)

### 8.285 `TIME` — Time function ¶

Synopsis:

  `RESULT = TIME()`

Description:

  Returns the current time encoded as an integer (in the manner of the function `time(3)` in the C standard library). This value is suitable for passing to `CTIME` — Convert a time into a string, `GMTIME` — Convert time to GMT info, and `LTIME` — Convert time to local time info.

  This intrinsic is not fully portable, such as to systems with 32-bit `INTEGER` types but supporting times wider than 32 bits. Therefore, the values returned by this intrinsic might be, or become, negative, or numerically less than previous values, during a single run of the compiled program.

  See `TIME8` — Time function (64-bit), for information on a similar intrinsic that might be portable to more GNU Fortran implementations, though to fewer Fortran compilers.

Class:

  Function

Return value:

  The return value is a scalar of type `INTEGER(4)`.

Standard:

  GNU extension

See also:

  `DATE_AND_TIME` — Date and time subroutine,
  `CTIME` — Convert a time into a string,
  `GMTIME` — Convert time to GMT info,
  `LTIME` — Convert time to local time info,
  `MCLOCK` — Time function,
  `TIME8` — Time function (64-bit)