three different time loops of know lenght

codingTests/cCodes/threeTimeLoops.c

@@ -9,18 +9,43 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 //think about  how these intervals are to be treated across ranks
 //maybe do an all reduce of loop times per rank as a runtime option 
 
-    time_t mpiendwait, compendwait, endtime,looptime;
+    time_t mpiendwait, compendwait, looptime;
+    time_t loop1time, loop2time, loop3time;
+    time_t endtime;
     time_t starttime = time(NULL);
-    time_t delay = 10; // end loop after this time has elapsed
-
-    endtime = starttime + delay;
+    time_t delay1 = 10; // end loop after this time has elapsed
+    time_t delay2 = 5; // end loop after this time has elapsed
+    time_t delay3 = 15; // end loop after this time has elapsed
 
     printf("start time is : %s", ctime(&starttime));
 
+// section 1
+    looptime = starttime;
+    endtime = starttime + delay1;
+    while (looptime < endtime)
+    {
+        looptime = time(NULL);
+    }
+printf("end loop 1 time is %s", ctime(&endtime));
+
+// section 2
+    starttime = time(NULL);
+    looptime = starttime;
+    endtime = starttime + delay2;
+    while (looptime < endtime)
+    {
+        looptime = time(NULL);
+    }
+printf("end loop 2 time is %s", ctime(&endtime));
+
+
+// section 3
+    starttime = time(NULL);
     looptime = starttime;
+    endtime = starttime + delay3;
     while (looptime < endtime)
     {
         looptime = time(NULL);
     }
-      printf("end time is %s", ctime(&endtime));
+printf("end loop 3 time is %s", ctime(&endtime));
 }