clock

Date:

10-12-2011

NAME

CLOCK - Returns the current time

SYNOPSIS

CLOCK ()

IMPLEMENTATION

Cray Linux Environment (CLE)

STANDARDS

Fortran extension

DESCRIPTION

CLOCK obtains the current time, in ASCII hh:mm:ss format, from the real-time clock.

CLOCK accepts no arguments. The name of this intrinsic function cannot be passed as an argument.

RETURN VALUES

The data type of the return value depends on your platform. The return value is of type CHARACTER*8.

NOTES

The CLOCK intrinsic function is outmoded. Refer to the Cray Fortran Reference Manual for information on outmoded features and their preferred standard alternatives.