Pawn [Solved] Get Difference Between Time Period

Radical · (This post was last modified: 2021-05-18, 08:54 AM by Radical.)

I have an function to get difference between time period.
But it has a little problem. If start_hour is the current hour and stop_hour is 24am, it does not accurately calculate the difference Between Time.

Code:
new start_hour, start_minute, start_second, hours, minutes, seconds;

gettime(start_hour, start_minute, start_second);

DifferenceBetweenTimePeriod(start_hour, 24, start_minute, 0, start_second, 0, hours, minutes, seconds);

function:

Code:
DifferenceBetweenTimePeriod(start_hour, stop_hour, start_minute, stop_minute, start_second, stop_second, &hours, &minutes, &seconds) {

    while (stop_second > start_second) {

        --start_minute;

        start_second += 60;

    }

    seconds = start_second - stop_second;

    while (stop_minute > start_minute) {

        --start_hour;

        start_minute += 60;

    }

    minutes = start_minute - stop_minute;

    hours = start_hour - stop_hour;

}

Is there a problem with the function?

Solved:

This is resolved if I put 24 in start_hour.

Code:
DifferenceBetweenTimePeriod(24, start_hour, start_minute, 0, start_second, 0, hours, minutes, seconds);

**Markski** · 2021-05-18, 01:45 AM

Hours in a day are counted from 0, there's no hour 24... that's 00. That function should never be receiving 24 as an hour in a normal scenario

Radical · 2021-05-18, 08:46 AM

(2021-05-18, 01:45 AM)Markski Wrote: Hours in a day are counted from 0, there's no hour 24... that's 00. That function should never be receiving 24 as an hour in a normal scenario

Yes you are right. But if for example start_hour is 3am and stop_hour is 0am, it returns:
02 Hours 00 Minutes 00 Seconds

It should return
21 Hours 00 Minutes 00 Seconds

**Y_Less** · 2021-05-18, 12:03 PM

Use unix timestamps. If you ever have a question about time, they are the answer.