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[very noob question] how can i calculate the hours passed between 2 different times and between days in C (lemmy.ca)

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hello, i'm new to programming in i'm trying to solve this exercise in C, basically it's the amount of passed hours between the start of a game and it's end, if the game started at 16 and ended at 2 the result is a game with 10 hours(in different days) i know i can to it more manually, but i wanted to somehow use the <time.h> to learn how to use a header etc, can someone help me?, thank you all

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[–] JohnDClay 1 points 2 years ago

Leap days, leap seconds, time zones, daylight savings, and half a dozen other weird things make dining this way too hard. Use a library and hope the black magic keeps working