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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Working With Numbers Numbers and Strings

Stefan Cutajar
Stefan Cutajar
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Posted by Stefan Cutajar
Stefan Cutajar
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converting to hours

Hi , I know this maybe out of subject but was wondering if you want to add time together like 2.25hrs + 8.40hrs that will add up to 10.65. Is it possible to make the decimal start another number after .60? Thanks

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Floating math doesn't work like that, but you could rescale the fractional part to become actual decimal hours, do the math and then scale it back for display:

var hours = d => Math.trunc(d) + (d - Math.trunc(d)) * 5 / 3;  // convert to decimal hours
var homin = h => Math.trunc(h) + (h - Math.trunc(h)) * 3 / 5;  // convert to hours.minutes
console.log(homin(hours(2.25) + hours(8.40)));                 // shows 11.05

Also, JavaScript has a "Date" object that stores and manipulates time and date as a number of milliseconds:

var showTime = t => `${t.getHours()}:${('0' + t.getMinutes()).slice(-2)}`;
var start = new Date();                                         // start with the current date & time
start.setHours(2, 25, 0, 0);                                    // set specific time
console.log(showTime(start));                                   // shows "2:25"
var then = new Date(start.getTime() + ((8 * 60) + 30) * 60000); // add 8 hours and 30 minutes (in ms)
console.log(showTime(then));                                    // shows "10:05"

Here's a short tutorial on date and time.

Stefan Cutajar
Stefan Cutajar
7,747 Points
Stefan Cutajar
Stefan Cutajar
7,747 Points

Thanks for your time. Looks like I need a bit more experience so I can understand this better