SECNDS(3f)

DESCRIPTION
SECNDS(X) gets the time in seconds from the real-time system clock. X is a reference time, also in seconds. If this is zero, the time in seconds from midnight is returned. This function is non-standard and its use is discouraged.

STANDARD
GNU extension

CLASS
Function

SYNTAX
RESULT = SECNDS (X)

ARGUMENTS

T Shall be of type REAL(4). X Shall be of type REAL(4).

RETURN VALUE
None

EXAMPLE
          program test_secnds
              integer :: i
              real(4) :: t1, t2
              print *, secnds (0.0) ! seconds since midnight
              t1 = secnds (0.0) ! reference time
              do i = 1, 10000000 ! do something
              end do
              t2 = secnds (t1) ! elapsed time
              print *, "Something took ", t2, " seconds."
          end program test_secnds

AUTHOR

This information was taken from the GFortran documentation (https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-5.3.0/gfortran/) and converted to a manpage by AstroFloyd (http://astrofloyd.org).