Problem 62. Elapsed Time

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Bobby Cheng on 27 Jan 2012

The testsuite input does not following the input format string.

Chew Baca on 13 Mar 2013

Having a hard time with the test suite regarding the number of hours in one year. I think it should be 8 765.81277h/y

Matthew Kishe on 15 Aug 2013

The test suite doesnt follow. it should be double digit days and month, not single digits according to his descrption

Hassan Javaid on 5 Sep 2013

having problems with the test suite especially test no 3

Gareth Lee on 10 Nov 2014

having problems with test no 3 of the test suite,why?

Riyasat on 5 Feb 2015

It's a fun problem

huashou on 11 Apr 2017

the test suits are all passed , but the mathworks net tells its wrong.
and the size is '-1'.
i use the datenum function.

Chen Qian on 11 Jun 2019

I use format bank to get 2 decimal output, anyone has a better idea?

Sanzhar Askaruly on 6 Jul 2019

using existing functions makes this trick easy

Laza Álmos on 27 Mar 2020

with an existing funcion it is solveable

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liu xinyang on 7 Aug 2019

This test program is wrong.To judge a leap year, you need to calculate if the following condition is satisfied mod(year,4)==0 & mod(year,100)~=0 & mod(year,400)==0. However, this team only count those years that mod(year,4)==0

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Ahmed Abdelbasit on 31 May 2017

why this function returns an error it works perfectly on my pc

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huashou on 11 Apr 2017

the test suits are all passed , but the mathworks net tells its wrong. and the size is '-1'. i use the datenum function.

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Alison on 24 May 2014

The value of d1 in Test Suite #3 is not to spec (one digit for the month).

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Chew Baca on 13 Mar 2013

Love the little "if" in the end ! :D

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Gwendolyn Fischer on 17 Apr 2013

doesn't work any longer

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