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| <h3 class="section">8.83 <code>FDATE</code> — Get the current time as a string</h3> |
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| <dt><em>Description</em>:<dd><code>FDATE(DATE)</code> returns the current date (using the same format as |
| <code>CTIME</code>) in <var>DATE</var>. It is equivalent to <code>CALL CTIME(DATE, |
| TIME())</code>. |
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| <p>This intrinsic is provided in both subroutine and function forms; however, |
| only one form can be used in any given program unit. |
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| <br><dt><em>Standard</em>:<dd>GNU extension |
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| <br><dt><em>Class</em>:<dd>Subroutine, function |
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| <br><dt><em>Syntax</em>:<dd> |
| <p><table summary=""><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="80%"><code>CALL FDATE(DATE)</code>. |
| <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="80%"><code>DATE = FDATE()</code>. |
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| <br><dt><em>Arguments</em>:<dd> |
| <p><table summary=""><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="15%"><var>DATE</var></td><td valign="top" width="70%">The type shall be of type <code>CHARACTER</code> of the |
| default kind. It is an <code>INTENT(OUT)</code> argument. If the length of |
| this variable is too short for the date and time string to fit |
| completely, it will be blank on procedure return. |
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| <br><dt><em>Return value</em>:<dd>The current date and time as a string. |
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| <br><dt><em>Example</em>:<dd> |
| <pre class="smallexample"> program test_fdate |
| integer(8) :: i, j |
| character(len=30) :: date |
| call fdate(date) |
| print *, 'Program started on ', date |
| do i = 1, 100000000 ! Just a delay |
| j = i * i - i |
| end do |
| call fdate(date) |
| print *, 'Program ended on ', date |
| end program test_fdate |
| </pre> |
| <br><dt><em>See also</em>:<dd><a href="DATE_005fAND_005fTIME.html#DATE_005fAND_005fTIME">DATE_AND_TIME</a>, <a href="CTIME.html#CTIME">CTIME</a> |
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