Inconsistent or odd "call cpu_time(x)" behaviour on the current release of gfortran. I am using the 32 bit Mingw version of gfortran.
C:\>gfortran -v Using built-in specs. Target: i386-pc-mingw32 Configured with: ../trunk/configure --prefix=/mingw --enable-languages=c,fortran --with-gmp=/home/FX/local --with-ld=/mingw/bin/ld --with-as=/mingw/bin/as --disable-werror --enable-bootstrap --enable-threads --disable-nls --build=i386-pc-mingw32 --enable-libgomp --disable-shared Thread model: win32 gcc version 4.3.0 20080127 (experimental) [trunk revision 131883] (GCC) The "call cpu_time(x)" operations worked perfectly under a fairly recent previous release of gfortran (sorry, I no longer have the version info). I have declared x as follows:- integer,parameter :: pr=selected_real_kind(6,37) real(kind=pr) :: x Unfortunately my code is very lengthy - but I could send it as an example if really necessary. Edmund Dunlop. -- Summary: Result of call cpu_time(x) can decrease or give non credible values with repeated calls Product: gcc Version: 4.3.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: fortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: edunlop at utvinternet dot ie http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35355