CTIME

Portability Function: Converts a system time into a 24-character ASCII string.

Module: USE DFPORT

Syntax

result = CTIME (stime)

stime
(Input) INTEGER(4). An elapsed time in seconds since 00:00:00 Greenwich mean time, January 1, 1970.

Results:

The result is a value in the form Mon Jan 31 04:37:23 1994. Hours are expressed using a 24-hour clock.

The value of stime can be determined by calling the TIME function. CTIME(TIME( )) returns the current time and date.

Compatibility

CONSOLE STANDARD GRAPHICS QUICKWIN GRAPHICS WINDOWS DLL LIB

See Also: DATE_AND_TIME

Example

character (24) systime
systime = CTIME (TIME( ))
print *, 'Current date and time is ',systime