On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 18:14:31 -0700, Scott W Dunning wrote: > little different from a few things you guys had mentioned. For one, I > got the correct time by calculating the number of time run and > converting that into seconds then back out to hr:mn:sc. I didn’t > calculate from midnight.
> SECONDS = 1 MINUTES = 60 * SECONDS HOURS = 60 * MINUTES > > time_left_house = 6 * HOURS + 52 * MINUTES This does actually calculate the time in seconds since midnight that you left the house > miles_run_easy_pace = 2 * (8 * MINUTES + 15 * SECONDS) > > miles_run_fast_pace = 3 * (7 * MINUTES + 12 * SECONDS) > > time_returned_home = miles_run_easy_pace + miles_run_fast_pace + > time_left_house And this calculates the time in seconds since midnight that you returned home So although you don't realise it, you are actually working in seconds since midnight, and then converting seconds back into hours, minutes and seconds. -- Denis McMahon, denismfmcma...@gmail.com -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list