Functions in C to calculate hours, minutes, seconds from milliseconds input

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The discussion focuses on creating three functions in C to extract hours, minutes, and seconds from a timestamp in milliseconds. The user encounters an issue where the hour calculation returns an incorrect value, specifically 367 hours instead of the expected 07 hours. It is suggested that the problem lies in not applying the modulus operator to limit the hour output to a 24-hour format. The correct approach involves using the modulus operation to ensure the hour value falls within the range of 0 to 23. This highlights the importance of understanding timestamp conventions, such as Unix time, which starts counting from a specific zero point.
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Homework Statement


Write three functions int get_hour(int timestamp), int get_min(int timestamp), int get_second(int timestamp) which will respectively return the hour of the day, the minute of the hour, and the second of the minute from a value given as parameter which is in milliseconds.
Example they give us is:
int timestamps = 1324561223; would output 07:56:01

The online system we use is basically where we write the actual function and the online compiler is coded to automatically run our code with predefined inputs that the compiler will insert as parameters into our code and print the result

Homework Equations

The Attempt at a Solution


Heres my code:
Code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <math.h>

int get_hour(int timestamp){
    int hour;
    hour = (timestamp/(1000*60*60));
    return hour;
}

int get_min(int timestamp){
    int min;
    min = ((timestamp%3600000)/60000);
    return min;
}

int get_second(int timestamp){
    int second;
    second = (((timestamp%3600000)%60000)/1000);
    return second;
}

I've been at this question for quite sometime. Theres something wrong with my hours. I keep getting this answer: 367:56:01 for int timestamps = 1324561223;
If you compare this with the example i said above, the minutes and seconds are correct, its something wrong with the hours and I have no idea why they are getting 07hrs. I googled it and even it said 367hrs. I thought maybe this has something to do with 24hrs in a day. 367/24 is 15 which is still not the right answer.

Why are my hours not right?
 
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The problem statement says: "...return the hour of the day, the minute of the hour, and the second of the minute".

So the hour should be in the range 0..24. That's for a 24 hour clock. You might be dealing with a 12 hour clock where a.m. and p.m. hours are expected. Try that.
 
DiamondV said:

Homework Statement


Write three functions int get_hour(int timestamp), int get_min(int timestamp), int get_second(int timestamp) which will respectively return the hour of the day, the minute of the hour, and the second of the minute from a value given as parameter which is in milliseconds.
Example they give us is:
int timestamps = 1324561223; would output 07:56:01

The online system we use is basically where we write the actual function and the online compiler is coded to automatically run our code with predefined inputs that the compiler will insert as parameters into our code and print the result

Homework Equations

The Attempt at a Solution


Heres my code:
Code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <math.h>

int get_hour(int timestamp){
    int hour;
    hour = (timestamp/(1000*60*60));
    return hour;
}

int get_min(int timestamp){
    int min;
    min = ((timestamp%3600000)/60000);
    return min;
}

int get_second(int timestamp){
    int second;
    second = (((timestamp%3600000)%60000)/1000);
    return second;
}

I've been at this question for quite sometime. Theres something wrong with my hours. I keep getting this answer: 367:56:01 for int timestamps = 1324561223;
If you compare this with the example i said above, the minutes and seconds are correct, its something wrong with the hours and I have no idea why they are getting 07hrs. I googled it and even it said 367hrs. I thought maybe this has something to do with 24hrs in a day. 367/24 is 15 which is still not the right answer.

Why are my hours not right?
All timestamp schemes have a "zero day" from which time is counted. For example, the timestamp on Unix systems starts at 00:00:00 UTC on January 1, 1970. It's not clear if your timestamp is based on the Unix system or something else.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time
 
gneill said:
The problem statement says: "...return the hour of the day, the minute of the hour, and the second of the minute".

So the hour should be in the range 0..24. That's for a 24 hour clock. You might be dealing with a 12 hour clock where a.m. and p.m. hours are expected. Try that.

They also gave another example of
int timestamps = 321635432; with correct output being 17:20:35
So its definitely in 24hr clock.

For that input my code outputted: 89:20:35

I tried this code aswell, no luck

int get_hour(int timestamp){
int hour;
hour = timestamp/3600000;
return hour;
}

int get_min(int timestamp){
int min;
min = timestamp/60000;
return min;
}

int get_second(int timestamp){
int second;
second = timestamp/1000;
return second;
}
 
Going back to your first example and rendering it by hand:

##h = \left \lfloor {\frac{1324561223}{1000⋅60*60}} \right \rfloor = 367##

Now, 367/24 = 15 + 7/24. So it looks like you need to take the modulus of h/24.
 
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