Problem 392. Clock Hand Angle 1

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Appears in Computational Geometry I

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Given a time in HH:MM:SS, find the smallest angle (in degrees) between the hour and minute hand

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Marco Riani on 15 Apr 2023

This is just to confirm what Rafael S.T. Viera stated!

Brandon on 3 May 2023

There is no reason to use mod at all when parsing the time. Treat 8:60 like 9:00.

Andrew on 8 Apr 2025 at 16:00

Remove the '08:60:33' test case. Parsing timestamps is not the focus of this exercise, calculating the angle between the clock hands is.

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