SYSTEM_CLOCK

Intrinsic Subroutine: Returns integer data from a real-time clock. SYSTEM_CLOCK returns the number of seconds from 00:00 Coordinated Universal Time (CUT) on 1 JAN 1970. The number is returned with no bias. To get the elapsed time, you must call SYSTEM_CLOCK twice, and subtract the starting time value from the ending time value.

Syntax

CALL SYSTEM_CLOCK ([count] [, count_rate] [, count_max])

count
(Output; optional) Must be scalar and of type integer. It is set to a value based on the current value of the processor clock. The value is increased by one for each clock count until the value count_max is reached, and is reset to zero at the next count. (count lies in the range 0 to count_max.)

count_rate
(Output; optional) Must be scalar and of type integer. It is set to the number of processor clock counts per second.

If the type is INTEGER(2), count_rate is 1000. If the type is INTEGER(4), count_rate is 10000. If the type is INTEGER(8), count_rate is 1000000.

count_max
(Output; optional) Must be scalar and of type integer. It is set to the maximum value that count can have, HUGE(0).

See Also

DATE_AND_TIME, HUGE, GETTIM

Example

Consider the following:

  integer(2) :: ic2, crate2, cmax2
  integer(4) :: ic4, crate4, cmax4
  call system_clock(count=ic2, count_rate=crate2, count_max=cmax2)
  call system_clock(count=ic4, count_rate=crate4, count_max=cmax4)
  print *, ic2, crate2, cmax2
  print *, ic4, crate4, cmax4
  end

This program was run on Thursday Dec 11, 1997 at 14:23:55 EST and produced the following output:

  13880   1000  32767
  1129498807       10000  2147483647