Build a Time Calculator Project - Build a Time Calculator Project

Python
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Tell us what’s happening:

I can’t tell what’s wrong with the code. It seems to be passing the tests when I run them but the code results say otherwise. Could someone help point me in the right direction?

Your code so far

def add_time(start, duration, day=None):
    # Declare variables
    start_hours = int(start.split(':')[0])
    start_minutes = int(start.split(':')[1][:2])

    start_meridian = start.split(':')[1][3:]

    duration_hours = int(duration.split(':')[0])
    duration_minutes = int(duration.split(':')[1])
# Convert to 24 hour format
    if start_meridian == 'PM' and start_hours != 12:
        start_hours += 12
    elif start_meridian == 'AM' and start_hours == 12:
        start_hours += 0 


#Add duration hours and minutes
    total_hours = start_hours + duration_hours
    total_minutes = start_minutes + duration_minutes
    

#Handle overflow of minutes
    if total_minutes >= 60:
        total_hours += 1
        total_minutes %= 60
    

#Calculate days later
    days_later = total_hours // 24
    hours_later = total_hours % 24
    
#Convert back to 12-hour format
    if hours_later == 0 :
        hours_later = 12
        meridian ='AM'
    elif hours_later < 12 :
        meridian = 'AM'
    elif hours_later > 12 :
        meridian = 'PM'
        hours_later -= 12

# Handle the optional days of the week
    if day :
        days_of_the_week = ['Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday']
        day_index = days_of_the_week.index(day.capitalize())
        
        end_day_index = (day_index + days_later) % 7
        end_day = days_of_the_week[end_day_index]
    else:
        end_day = None
        

# Format the final time
    formatted_time = f'{hours_later}:{total_minutes:02} {meridian}'
    if end_day:
        formatted_time += f', {end_day}'
    if days_later == 1:
        formatted_time += f' (next day)'
    elif days_later > 1:
        formatted_time += f' ({days_later} days later)'
    print (formatted_time)

#Handle next day or days later message

#Return the fully formated time

    return 
add_time('2:59 AM', '24:00', 'saturDay')

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Build a Time Calculator Project - Build a Time Calculator Project

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Can you share your output and describe how you think it’s wrong?

If you are passing the tests it’s impossible to know what to help with.

EDIT: Ok, I understand you are not passing the tests.

The function should add the duration time to the start time and return the result.

return not print.

To see the returned results you would call your function like this:

print(add_time('2:59 AM', '24:00', 'saturDay'))
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Thank you. I apologise for the confusion in the wording. I tried passing the input into the code by myself and the results that I saw matched what was expected in the instructions.

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No problem, I mis-understood. It’s best to actually show your tests and results though to be be clear, and to show the test feedback.

It wasn’t even clear if you were failing 1 test or all the tests.