I've been writing a program that calculates the hours and minutes between 2 military times.
For example the hours and minutes between 0900 and 1730; 1730 and 0900 the next day. Now I just converted all the times to seconds because I find that to be easier.
this is what I do..
hours for time 1 = time1 / 100
minutes for time 1 = time1 % 100
calculate total no of seconds = (hours * 3600) + (minutes * 60)
hours for time 2 = time2 / 100
minutes for time 2 = time2 % 100
calculate total no of seconds = (hours * 3600) + (minutes * 60)
Now this is where I have trouble.. I know I can do it with an if statement but we aren't allowed to use that yet...
remaining total seconds = seconds in 24 hours - abs((total num of secs for time 1 - total num of secs for time 2)
number of minutes = remaing total seconds / 60
number of hours = num of minutes / 60
minutes left over = number of minutes % 60
Then I output hours and minutes like 8 hours and 30 minutes
So if I take away the number of seconds in a day in this: remaining total seconds = seconds in 24 hours - abs((total num of secs for time 1 - total num of secs for time 2)
Then when I want to find the number of hours and minutes between 0900 -> 1730 I get 8 hours and 30 minutes which is correct.
But if I do 1730 -> 0900 the next morning I still get 8 hours 30 minutes.
And if I leaving the number of seconds in a day in I get the correct answer for 1730 -> 0900 but not for 0900 -> 1730.
I would appreciate any help you can give me this is a puzzle for me..
