🔒 Zero padding doesn't work

[tepid fulcrum]

@winged hatch

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[tepid fulcrum]

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[winged hatch]

elif AMPM.upper() == "PM" and alarm_time_hour != 12:
alarm_time_hour += 12
return f"{alarm_time_hour:02}:{alarm_time_minute:02}:00"

I have no idea why it doesn't want to zero pad the numbers

[soft ridge]

what does this output

[winged hatch]

It should output the time as a string that I then compare with the string from the now function of the datetime module

However if I input the hour as 3

for example

[soft ridge]

and ampm as pm im assume

[winged hatch]

it should be 03:00:00

but despite formatting it to be zero padded it still returns 3:00:00 for some reason I don't quite understand

[soft ridge]

where exactly are u displaying this

[winged hatch]

displaying what

I'm not displaying the alarm time

I'm just gonna compare it with the current time later in the code

[soft ridge]

print(alarm_time)

now im just confused

PS C:\Users\Dagger> py -c 'print(f\"{4:02}:{0:02}\")'
04:00
PS C:\Users\Dagger>

fyi u did the padding part right

i just want to know where u seeing the 3:00:00

[winged hatch]

yes that's just for logging (was trying to debug it)

[winged hatch]

In the terminal

[soft ridge]

can u show all terminal output from when u run file to when it finishes ?

[winged hatch]

ok one sec

the second line is the alarm time

[soft ridge]

thats not all the terminal output, thats just the 2 print at the end

[winged hatch]

my bad

these are the first inputs

[soft ridge]

    AMPM = input("AM or PM?: ")
    while AMPM.upper() not in ["AM", "PM"]:
        AMPM = input("Please select AM or PM: ")

    if AMPM.upper() == "AM":
        return f"{alarm_time_hour}:{alarm_time_minute}:00"
    
    elif AMPM.upper() == "PM" and alarm_time_hour != 12:
        alarm_time_hour += 12
        return f"{alarm_time_hour:02}:{alarm_time_minute:02}:00"

[winged hatch]

is just loops over the alarm time and the current time

ohhh

I just saw it

I forgot to add the zero padding to the AM if clause

[winged hatch]

this is super embarassing lol

I knew it was gonna be a stupid syntax error on my part

[soft ridge]

not even syntax error just missusing ur own code/programn

[winged hatch]

well,thanks for sticking with me and sorry for wasting your time

[soft ridge]

love how i called it out

[soft ridge]

eh it happens dw

go have ur fun

[winged hatch]

thanks

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[tepid fulcrum]

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