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Help I’m having problems with the (Expected time to end with ‘(next day)’ when it is the next day.) test. Even though all the other tests work besides it, including the one that prints (next day). Also would appreciate tips to optimize my code.

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def calculate_time(minute_start,minute_duration,hour_start,hour_duration, meridiem, day):
    new_hour = 0
    new_minute = 0
    added_hour = 0
    days = ['monday', 'tuesday', 'wednesday', 'thursday', 'friday', 'saturday', 'sunday']
    if int(minute_start) + int(minute_duration) < 60:
        new_minute = int(minute_start) + int(minute_duration)
    else:
        new_minute = (int(minute_start) + int(minute_duration)) % 60
        added_hour = (int(minute_start) + int(minute_duration)) // 60
    if len(str(new_minute)) == 1:
        new_minute = '0' + str(new_minute)
        
    new_hour = int(hour_start) + int(hour_duration) + added_hour
    if meridiem == 'PM':
        elapsed_days = (new_hour + 12) // 24
    else:
        elapsed_days = new_hour // 24
    if day:
        day_index = days.index(day.lower())
        new_day_index = (day_index + elapsed_days) % 7
        new_day = days[new_day_index].capitalize()
        print(new_day)
    if elapsed_days == 1:
        if not (new_hour // 12) % 2:
            new_hour = new_hour % 12
        if new_hour > 12:
                new_hour = new_hour % 12
                meridiem = 'PM'
        elif new_hour == 12:
            meridiem = 'PM'
        if not day:
            return f'{new_hour}:{new_minute} {meridiem} (next day)'
        else:
            return f'{new_hour}:{new_minute} {meridiem}, {new_day} (next day)'

    elif elapsed_days == 0:
        if not (new_hour // 12) % 2:
            new_hour = new_hour % 12
        if new_hour > 12:
            new_hour = new_hour % 12
            meridiem = 'PM'
        elif new_hour == 12:
            meridiem = 'PM'
        if not day:
            return f'{new_hour}:{new_minute} {meridiem}'
        else:
            return f'{new_hour}:{new_minute} {meridiem}, {new_day}'
        
    else: 
        if not (new_hour // 12) % 2:
            if new_hour % 12 == 0:
                new_hour = 12
            else:
                new_hour = new_hour % 12
        if new_hour == range(12,23):
                new_hour = new_hour % 12
                meridiem = 'PM'
        else:
            if new_hour % 12 == 0:
                new_hour = 12
            else:
                new_hour = new_hour % 12
            meridiem = 'AM'
        if not day:
            return f'{new_hour}:{new_minute} {meridiem} ({elapsed_days} days later)'
        else:
            return f'{new_hour}:{new_minute} {meridiem}, {new_day} ({elapsed_days} days later)'

def add_time(start, duration, day=''):
    new_time = []
    hour_start = start[:start.index(":")]
    minute_start = start[start.index(":")+1:start.index(":")+3]
    meridiem = start[start.index(":")+4:]
    hour_duration = duration[:duration.index(":")]
    minute_duration = duration[duration.index(":")+1:]
    return calculate_time(minute_start,minute_duration,hour_start,hour_duration, meridiem, day)
    


print(repr(add_time('11:59 PM', '24:05', 'Wednesday')))

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It seems you are not correctly updating the AM/PM part:
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