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Challenge #68: Elapsed Classroom Times

nakamott
8 - Asteroid

This was a great lesson on using DateTimeParse function!

gmartin
7 - Meteor

Here is my solution:

 

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gautamsawant93
7 - Meteor

I took quite a lot of steps. multiple formula tools to reach to the result. Find the solution file below!

piotrzawistowski
8 - Asteroid
 
klyuka
8 - Asteroid
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MILITARY BEGIN_TIME  =  right("0" + [MILITARY BEGIN_TIME], 4)

TimeBegin  = TrimLeft ([TimeBegin], "0")
DataG8
8 - Asteroid

I made that way messier than it needed to be. Excited to see if it could be done with one formula tool (maybe one select tool too).

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joshuaburkhow
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

Picked up something useful on this one!

Joshua Burkhow - Alteryx Ace | Global Alteryx Architect @PwC | Blogger @ AlterTricks
viveknshah
8 - Asteroid
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Leveraged 1 Formula tool for bulk of the logic

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RWvanLeeuwen
11 - Bolide

Done with using only

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one formula tool and a select tool

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Of note my solutions gives a final solution of 4:30 as a time (as was described by TS) and not 04:30 (as is the output in the workflow)

justindavis
10 - Fireball

Still finding dates and times to be the most challenging in Alteryx from a parsing perspective. Need to do a deep dive and practice like this helps.

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