Time in Co-array Fortran
This Co-array Fortran program demonstrates time operations similar to the original example. Here’s a breakdown of the changes and adaptations:
We use the
iso_fortran_env
module to get access toint64
for large integer calculations.Instead of a
time
package, we use Fortran’s intrinsicdate_and_time
andsystem_clock
subroutines to get the current time.We create custom functions
date_to_milliseconds
andmilliseconds_to_date
to convert between date components and milliseconds since the epoch (1970-01-01). This is a simplified version and doesn’t account for all complexities like leap seconds or time zones.Time comparisons are done using standard Fortran comparison operators (
<
,>
,==
).Time differences are calculated in milliseconds, and then converted to other units as needed.
Time addition and subtraction are performed directly on the millisecond values.
Note that this is a simplified version of time handling. For more accurate and comprehensive time operations in Fortran, you might want to use external libraries or more sophisticated algorithms to handle time zones, leap seconds, and other complexities.
To run this program, save it to a file (e.g., time_example.f90
), compile it with a Fortran compiler that supports Co-array Fortran, and then run the resulting executable.
The output will show the current time, the specified “then” time, various time components, comparisons, and time arithmetic results.