TIME

 TIME (buf)

 Class:  Elemental function

 Places the current time in 24-hour ASCII format in the argument.
 The time is returned as an 8-byte ASCII character string having the
 following form:

    hh:mm:ss

 A 24-hour clock is used.

 The "buf" is an 8-byte variable, array, array element, or character
 substring.  If "buf" is numeric type and smaller than 8 bytes, data
 corruption can occur.

 If "buf" is character type, its associated length is passed to the
 subroutine.  If "buf" is smaller than 8 bytes, the subroutine
 truncates the date to fit in the specified length.  Note that if a
 CHARACTER array is passed, the subroutine stores the time in the
 first array element, using the element length, not the length of
 the entire array.  For example, consider the following:

 CHARACTER*1 HOUR(8)
 ...
 CALL TIME(HOUR)

 The length of the first array element in CHARACTER array HOUR is
 passed to the TIME subroutine.  The subroutine then truncates the
 time to fit into the one-character element, producing an incorrect
 result.