Using Times in org-mode calc?

Using Times in org-mode calc?

[David Frascone]

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I'm trying to make a running log, but I can't seem to get times entered in
HH:MM:SS to work right.

Well -- they work right, but I can't get things to re-display in that
format.  And, sometimes math is just screwy.

For example:

| Distance |     Time | Time    | Speed | Speed      |
|  (Miles) | HH:MM:SS | Decimal | (MPH) | (Min/Mile) |
|----------+----------+---------+-------+------------|
|      2.0 |    12:34 | 3:17    |       |            |
|        3 |    30:45 |         |       |            |
 #+TBLFM: $3=$2/2


As you can see the 3:17 is some very strange calculation.  Not sure what it
did.  If I use "=$2", it returns 6:17

It seemed like it was doing something wright, but, now it looks like maybe
it just doesn't understand HH:MM:SS format?

What would be the easiest way to implement something like that table?  Lisp
functions?

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Re: Using Times in org-mode calc?

[Xiao-Yong Jin]

On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:03:29 -0400, David Frascone wrote:

> I'm trying to make a running log, but I can't seem to get times entered in HH:MM:SS to work right.
> Well -- they work right, but I can't get things to re-display in that format.  And, sometimes math is just screwy.

> For example:

>> Distance |     Time | Time    | Speed | Speed      |
>>   (Miles) | HH:MM:SS | Decimal | (MPH) | (Min/Mile) |
>> ----------+----------+---------+-------+------------|
>>       2.0 |    12:34 | 3:17    |       |            |
>>         3 |    30:45 |         |       |            |
>  #+TBLFM: $3=$2/2

> As you can see the 3:17 is some very strange calculation.  Not sure what it did.  If I use "=$2", it returns 6:17

> It seemed like it was doing something wright, but, now it looks like maybe it just doesn't understand HH:MM:SS format?

> What would be the easiest way to implement something like that table?  Lisp functions? 

Calc uses `:' as a "fraction bar" to represent fractional
numbers.  So as a result,

  12      6
 ---- = ----
  34     17

I'm not sure what is the correct way to do it.  But I use a
cheap hack -- abuse the degree notation.  Calc understands
arc degrees as a form of 12@34'00, that is 

    DEGREE @ MIN ' SEC

I use DEGREE field as hours, thus normal arithmetic works
out of the box.

Hope it helps.
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