Calculate time from start and stop times

App Development
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Hi!

I am building an app including start and stop time. I have gathered the start and stop time. I want the code then to calculate how many hours and minutes it lasted for. e.g Start time: 16:00, End time: 20:00 (Yes I use 24hour clock), then I want the code to calculate that this is 4 hours and print it.

Thanks

3

Hi Vegard,

This was a fun puzzle to figure out! :slight_smile:

You can try this, it will provide the hour difference

var time1 = Date()
var time2 = Date()

func setHour( _ time:Int ) -> Date {
   
    let gregorian = NSCalendar(calendarIdentifier: NSCalendar.Identifier.gregorian)!
    let now = NSDate()
    var components = gregorian.components([.hour], from: now as Date)

    components.hour = time
   
     return gregorian.date(from: components)!
}

time2 = setHour(16)
time1 = setHour(20)

let formatter = DateComponentsFormatter()
formatter.allowedUnits = [.hour, .minute]
print(formatter.string(from: time2, to: time1)!)

Blessings,
—Mark

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Thanks a lot. I will try this in my project. An I will Come back to tel. You if it worked how I wanted it

5

Hi again!

I tried to use your code and it worked great for the hours did not get the minutes all right. Espasially when it goes from one day to another. I have figured out a code that just takes to times and figures out the hours and minutes. So if anyone else is struggling with this here´s my code:

    let time1 = "11.30"
    let time2 = "13.40"

    let formatter = DateFormatter()
    formatter.dateFormat = "HH:mm"

    let date1 = formatter.date(from: time1)!
    let date2 = formatter.date(from: time2)!

    let elapsedTime = date2.timeIntervalSince(date1)
    
    let hours = floor(elapsedTime / 60 / 60)
    let minutes = floor((elapsedTime - (hours * 60 * 60)) / 60)

    var hoursfix: Int?
    if Int(hours) < 0 {
        hoursfix = 24 + Int(hours)
    } else {
        hoursfix = Int(hours)
    }
    
    print("\(hoursfix ?? 0) hr and \(Int(minutes)) min")
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