Talk:Averages/Mean time of day: Difference between revisions
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(→TCL and rounding: Things are very strange, but I'm not sure that they're wrong yet) |
(→TCL and rounding: Rounding fun!) |
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return '%02i:%02i:%02i' % (h, m, s)</lang> |
return '%02i:%02i:%02i' % (h, m, s)</lang> |
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--[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] ([[User talk:Paddy3118|talk]]) 05:57, 2 July 2013 (UTC) |
--[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] ([[User talk:Paddy3118|talk]]) 05:57, 2 July 2013 (UTC) |
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: Was a rounding issue; <tt>int()</tt> rounds to zero whereas <tt>round()</tt> rounds to nearest. –[[User:Dkf|Donal Fellows]] ([[User talk:Dkf|talk]]) 13:05, 28 August 2013 (UTC) |
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I'm not convinced that |
I'm not convinced that whole methodology is correct in the first place. For example, when I try an alternative mechanism for time averaging (with times being either “pre” or “post” midnight so as to minimise the deltas): |
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<lang tcl>% set t [clock scan 23:00:17 -base 0] |
<lang tcl>% set t [clock scan 23:00:17 -base 0] |
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