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gcc / cobol

Date

2026-09-07

Author

Nick Rozinsky

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b44616b54d80acac4329204b189efd987b31169c

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project: gcc
subsystem: cobol
patch_id: —
commit_hash: b44616b54d80acac4329204b189efd987b31169c
source_type: github
headline: cobol: C posix-gettime binding to COBOL
tldr: GCC COBOL now provides bindings for the C POSIX `gettimeofday` and `clock_gettime` functions.
author: Nick Rozinsky
outcome: committed
performance_win: false
breaking_change: false
series_id: —
series_parts: []
tags: • cobol
• posix
• runtime
discussion_id_link: —
bugzilla_pr: —
url: https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commit/b44616b54d80acac4329204b189efd987b31169c
date: 2026-09-07T00:00:00.000Z

GCC’s COBOL compiler now supports calling C POSIX time functions, specifically gettimeofday and clock_gettime. This change introduces new C shim functions and COBOL copy/source files to enable this interoperability. It also includes a smoke test to verify the functionality.