Hello all,

I need some help working out an elapsed time routine. I'm loath=
 to ask for help as I hope to enter the final thing in the=
 competition, but--

I have a start time (in minutes) and a duration time(in minutes)=
 and I always get a maths error at one point of testing.

So far I have two algorithms and both fail at the same time=
 difference - could some poke me in the right direction?

Alg 1.
        IF
          StartMinutes + Duration Minutes > 60
          then
             Mdiff=3D60- StartMinutes
             Off=3DDurationMinutes-Mdiff
       OTHERWISE
           just add the two together

Alg 2.
      IF
       start etc
       then
        off=3D (startM's+DurM's )-60
     OTHERWISE
         etc.

The test data  (ignore hours they work ) in minutes only.=
 Duration times are in 15min increments
Start         Dur          Expected Result
 40             45              20
 50            30              20
50             15                5
55             15              10
50             45              35

All the results  except the first one match, the first one=
 matches if I  use15 or 30 minutes as the duration time, I just=
 can't fathom where I need to make an adjustment.

All pointers gratefully received.

Colin
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cdb, cdb@barnard.name on 31/03/2002


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cdb, bodgy1@optusnet.com.au on 27/06/2002

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