gcc/fortran/doc/gfortran/intrinsic-procedures/time.rst

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   6 .. index:: TIME, time, current, current time
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   8 .. _time:
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  10 TIME --- Time function
  11 **********************
  12
  13 .. function:: TIME()
  14
  15   Returns the current time encoded as an integer (in the manner of the
  16   function ``time(3)`` in the C standard library). This value is
  17   suitable for passing to :ref:`CTIME`, :ref:`GMTIME`, and :ref:`LTIME`.
  18
  19   :return:
  20     The return value is a scalar of type ``INTEGER(4)``.
  21
  22   Standard:
  23     GNU extension
  24
  25   Class:
  26     Function
  27
  28   Syntax:
  29     .. code-block:: fortran
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  31       RESULT = TIME()
  32
  33   See also:
  34     :ref:`DATE_AND_TIME`,
  35     :ref:`CTIME`,
  36     :ref:`GMTIME`,
  37     :ref:`LTIME`,
  38     :ref:`MCLOCK`,
  39     :ref:`TIME8`