FUNCTION time_to_string( time )

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! Copyright 1997-2014 Leibniz Universitaet Hannover
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! Current revisions:
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! 
! Former revisions:
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! $Id: time_to_string.f90 1343 2014-03-26 17:07:58Z witha $
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! 1342 2014-03-26 17:04:47Z kanani
! REAL constants defined as wp-kind
! 
! 1320 2014-03-20 08:40:49Z raasch
! kind-parameters added to all INTEGER and REAL declaration statements,
! kinds are defined in new module kinds,
! old module precision_kind is removed,
! revision history before 2012 removed,
! comment fields (!:) to be used for variable explanations added to
! all variable declaration statements 
! 
! 1036 2012-10-22 13:43:42Z raasch
! code put under GPL (PALM 3.9)
!
! Revision 1.1  1997/08/11 06:26:08  raasch
! Initial revision
!
!
! Description:
! ------------
! Transforming the time from real to character-string hh:mm:ss
!------------------------------------------------------------------------------!

    USE kinds

    IMPLICIT NONE

    CHARACTER (LEN=9) ::  time_to_string !: 

    INTEGER(iwp)      ::  hours   !: 
    INTEGER(iwp)      ::  minutes !: 
    INTEGER(iwp)      ::  seconds !: 

    REAL(wp)          ::  rest_time !: 
    REAL(wp)          ::  time      !: 

!
!-- Calculate the number of hours, minutes, and seconds
    hours     = INT( time / 3600.0_wp )
    rest_time = time - hours * 3600_wp
    minutes   = INT( rest_time / 60.0_wp )
    seconds   = rest_time - minutes * 60

!
!-- Build the string
    IF ( hours < 100 )  THEN
       WRITE (time_to_string,'(I2.2,'':'',I2.2,'':'',I2.2)')  hours, minutes, &
                                                              seconds
    ELSE
       WRITE (time_to_string,'(I3.3,'':'',I2.2,'':'',I2.2)')  hours, minutes, &
                                                              seconds
    ENDIF

 END FUNCTION time_to_string