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

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From: Donald Arseneau
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 09:41
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In article <dak.714391046@kaa>, dak@kaa.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (David Kastrup) writes...
>dfarrow@spam.ua.oz (Duncan Farrow) writes:
> 
>>Dear TeXers, here is a macro for producing the current time ...

>Corrected:
 ...
>% there is one backslash missing. Besides, why not
>          \ifnum\time>719\chardef\a=p\else\chardef\a=p\fi %Check to see if it is pm
                                                      ^
   This should be "a", right? ------------------------!

>          \ifnum\hour>12\advance\hour by -12\advance\minute by -720\fi
>          \number\hour:%

   Need a space:  by-720 \fi , or -720\relax\fi.
   Otherwise, for hour=14, the expansion is
   \advance \hour by -12\advance \minute by -7202:

>          \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}
> 

Now use \time to draw a clock face using a LaTeX {picture}.

Donald
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