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.