Portability Subroutine: Returns seconds and microseconds since 00:00 Jan 1, 1970.
Module: USE IFPORT
Syntax
CALL GETTIMEOFDAY (ret, err)
ret
(Output) INTEGER(4). One-dimensional array with 2 elements used to contain numeric time data. The elements of ret are returned as follows:
| Element | Value |
|---|---|
| ret(1) | Seconds |
| ret(2) | Microseconds |
err
(Output) INTEGER(4).
If an error occurs, err contains a value equal to -1 and array ret contains zeros.
On Windows* systems, this subroutine has millisecond precision, and the last three digits of the returned value are not significant.
Compatibility
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