Build a Time Calculator Project - Build a Time Calculator Project

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Tell us what’s happening:

Hello there, i have been trying to create the Time Calculator… but i can’t seem to visualize this problem! Maybe i’m not keeping it simple, but i’m blocked with adding the next day thing and calculating how many days have passed.

Your code so far

def add_time(start, duration):

    time_date = start.split(' ')
    time = time_date[0].split(':')
    time_passed = duration.split(':')

    hour = time[0]
    minute = time[1]
    part_of_day = time_date[1]

    end = [int(hour), int(minute), part_of_day]

    if end[0] + int(time_passed[0])>= 12:
        end[0] += int(time_passed[0]) - 12
        end[2] = 'PM'
    else:
        end[0] += int(time_passed[0])

    if end[1] + int(time_passed[1]) >= 60:
        end[1] += int(time_passed[1]) - 60
        end[0] += 1
    else:
        end[1] += int(time_passed[1])

    
    if end[0] == 12:
        end[2] = 'PM'

    if end[1] < 10:
        new_time = f'{end[0]}:0{end[1]} {end[2]}'
    else:
        new_time = f'{end[0]}:{end[1]} {end[2]}'

    print(new_time)
    return new_time

add_time('11:55 AM', '3:12')

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I think you are over-complicating it by keeping hours+min separate, especially for the duration. I would convert duration to minutes and do your calculations that way. Much easier to find how many hours or days have passed.