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Challenge #203: Everyone loves a toll booth

MattBenj
9 - Comet

Pretty much in line with the provided solution.

kat
12 - Quasar
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SeanAdams
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Got a slightly different answer than the provided solution - but very close (presumably a rounding difference):

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Tberney
8 - Asteroid

So a couple things fall out of this. You have to decide whether to translate to minutes before of after you add up. Not a big deal, I made the opposite choice from the solution.

 

Far more interesting is that the datediff() function has two properties I had not really thought about:

  1. The difference is returned in the specified units as an integer. This makes some sense, but it also means the fractional minutes are lost.
  2. Even weirder, it seems to always do a floor rather than round. So 59 seconds is deemed 0 minutes, 93 seconds is 1 minute, etc... Which explains why my seconds-based computation comes out higher

The experiment with datediff() is included in the attached WF  and image inside the spoiler. 

 

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AlexC2
8 - Asteroid

Solution attached

iamme012397
8 - Asteroid

ow im somewhat attuned to multirow formula haha no need to use join tool tho

wwatson
12 - Quasar

my solution

paulfound
11 - Bolide

 

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Matches output! 

johnemery
11 - Bolide

I'll echo what others said about the time not matching.

 

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simbert
8 - Asteroid

Really enjoyed that one! I'm off by a minute, but looks like I'm not the only one...

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