On Saturday, February 1, 2014 2:32:22 PM UTC-5, Denis McMahon wrote: > 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
A little OT, but these might peak your interest for this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epoch_%28reference_date%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list