[texhax] Time calculation within LaTeX
ekmath at asianetindia.com
ekmath at asianetindia.com
Mon Feb 11 09:24:01 CET 2008
The "fp" package gives a neat solution to your problem
\usepackage{fp}
\def\timediffcalc(#1:#2-#3:#4){%
\FPeval\btm{#1 * 60 + #2}
\FPeval\etm{#3 * 60 + #4}
\FPeval\adtm{\etm - \btm}
\FPeval\cdtm{1440 + \etm - \btm}
\FPifpos\adtm
\FPset\dtm{\adtm}
\else
\FPset\dtm{\cdtm}
\fi
\FPeval\dth{\dtm / 60}
\FPtrunc\dthtrunc\dth2}
\def\timediffprn(#1:#2-#3:#4){%
\timediffcalc(#1:#2-#3:#4)
\dthtrunc\relax}
\def\timediffnum{\dthtrunc}
Then
\timediffprn(10:15-16:00)
prints 5.75 and
\timediffprn(10:15-01:00)
prints 14.75. To use the time difference as a number for further
computations, use the commands
\timediffcalc
and
\timediffnum
in tandem as in the attached file. (Not a very elegant solution and I
will try to modify them later).
Regards
Krishnan
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