CTIME — Convert a time into a string#

CTIME(TIME, RESULT)#

CTIME converts a system time value, such as returned by TIME8 — Time function (64-bit), to a string. The output will be of the form Sat Aug 19 18:13:14 1995.

Parameters:

TIME – The type shall be of type INTEGER.
RESULT – The type shall be of type CHARACTER and of default kind. It is an INTENT(OUT) argument. If the length of this variable is too short for the time and date string to fit completely, it will be blank on procedure return.

Returns:

The converted date and time as a string.

Standard:

GNU extension

Class:

Subroutine, function

Syntax:

CALL CTIME(TIME, RESULT).
RESULT = CTIME(TIME).

Example:

program test_ctime
    integer(8) :: i
    character(len=30) :: date
    i = time8()

    ! Do something, main part of the program

    call ctime(i,date)
    print *, 'Program was started on ', date
end program test_ctime