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in thread Fractional times in Date::Calc

I don't see how a fractional hour is ambiguous. Would there be a different way to interpret "1.25 hours" other than "1 hour and 15 minutes"? The only other way I could see interpreting that string would be to have it mean "1 hour and 25 minutes", that that's what 1:25 is for...:)

thor

Update: Corrected last sentence so that it actually makes sense

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Re: Re: Re: Fractional times in Date::Calc
by Cody Pendant (Prior) on Aug 13, 2003 at 05:23 UTC 
    Would there be a different way to interpret "1.25 hours"
 other than "1 hour and 15 minutes"?

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    Well obviously, one hour and twenty-five minutes.

    You've got a system which is not decimal-based, and you're using it with decimals. 


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