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- From: asnd@reg.triumf.ca (Donald Arseneau)
- Subject: Re: A macro for giving the current time of day.
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- References: <1676@spam.ua.oz> <dak.714391046@kaa>
- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 09:41:00 GMT
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- In article <dak.714391046@kaa>, dak@kaa.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (David Kastrup) writes...
- >dfarrow@spam.ua.oz (Duncan Farrow) writes:
- >
- >>Dear TeXers, here is a macro for producing the current time ...
-
- >Corrected:
- ...
- >% there is one backslash missing. Besides, why not
- > \ifnum\time>719\chardef\a=p\else\chardef\a=p\fi %Check to see if it is pm
- ^
- This should be "a", right? ------------------------!
-
- > \ifnum\hour>12\advance\hour by -12\advance\minute by -720\fi
- > \number\hour:%
-
- Need a space: by-720 \fi , or -720\relax\fi.
- Otherwise, for hour=14, the expansion is
- \advance \hour by -12\advance \minute by -7202:
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- > \multiply\hour by 60 %Use is made of the integer divide here.
- > \advance\minute by -\hour
- > \ifnum\minute<10 0\fi\number\minute\a m\fi}
- >
-
- Now use \time to draw a clock face using a LaTeX {picture}.
-
- Donald
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