WTIME
Compute Elapsed Wallclock Time

WTIME is a C function which returns a reading of the wall clock time.

For parallel programming, the important thing to measure is the elapsed wallclock time. This can be found by subtracting an initial reading of the wallclock time from a final one.

The OpenMP system provides a function used as follows:

        seconds = omp_get_wtime ( )
        operations to time;
        seconds = omp_get_wtime ( ) - seconds;
      

        seconds = MPI_Wtime ( );
        operations;
        seconds = MPI_Wtime ( ) - seconds;
      

        tic;
        operation;
        seconds = toc;
      

WTIME provides a way to get a similar reading:

        seconds = wtime ( );
        operations;
        seconds = wtime ( ) - seconds;
      

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

WTIME is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version and a PYTHON version.

Related Data and Programs:

TIMER, a C program which shows how to compute the elapsed CPU time inside a program.

TIMESTAMP, a C library which displays the current wall clock time.

Source Code:

• wtime.c, the source code.
• wtime.h, the include file.

Examples and Tests:

• wtime_test.c, a sample calling program.
• wtime_test.txt, the output file.

List of Routines:

• WTIME returns a reading of the wall clock time.

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