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Problem 392. Clock Hand Angle 1

Created by @bmtran (Bryant Tran)
Appears in Cody Problems in Japanese

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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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Rafael S.T. Vieira on 7 Jun 2020

I solved, but the solution is wrong, there is no 60th minute in analog clocks (test case 20). Do not try to use mod until they fix it.

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.

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