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! $Id: time_to_string.f90 4182 2019-08-22 15:20:23Z resler $
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! Revision 1.1  1997/08/11 06:26:08  raasch
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! Description:
! ------------
!> Transforming the time from real to character-string hh:mm:ss
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 FUNCTION time_to_string( time )
 

    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