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Re: A macro for giving the current time of day.

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From: Roegel Denis
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 23:28
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It seems to me that there were still three little mistakes in what sent
Duncan Farrow and Donald Arsenau:



\newcount\hour \newcount\minute
\def\now{\ifnum\time<60       %check to see if it's just after midnight
          12:\ifnum\time<10 0\fi\number\time am %and act accordingly.
         \else
            \ifnum\time>719\chardef\a=`p\else\chardef\a=`a\fi 
%%% backquotes here ------------------^  and -----------^

          \hour=\time
                          \minute=\time 
%%% that was forgotten ---^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

          \divide\hour by 60 %\hour is the result of an integer divide
          \ifnum\hour>12\advance\hour by -12\advance\minute by-720 \fi
          \number\hour:%
          \multiply\hour by 60 %Use is made of the integer divide here.
          \advance\minute by -\hour
          \ifnum\minute<10 0\fi\number\minute\a m\fi}

It works fine and it is so easy !

Denis (roegel@loria.fr)
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From: roegel@loria.fr (Roegel Denis)
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Subject: Re: A macro for giving the current time of day.
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Date: 23 Aug 92 23:28:08 GMT
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