Re: Programming a calendar system

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 10:28:22 -0400, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:

>For instance, if I told you that 3,296  seconds had passed and asked you
>what that was in minutes and seconds, then you would divide by 60;
>the quotient is the number of minutes and the remainder is the number of
>seconds into the next minute.
>
>        3296 / 60 = 54
>        3296 % 60 = 56
>
>so 3,296 seconds is 54 minutes and 56 seconds, or 4 seconds shy of
>55 minutes.
Thanks. Of course, this was a very stupid question ... I haven't thought
that far, the variables mixed me up. Or 72 seconds are 72/60=1*60+12, where
the 12 seconds are the modulo ...