Hi! I am a beginner at C++ and have to create this program that has you input two times in hh:mm:ss format and then add those two times together and output that new time in the same format. What I would like to know is, how are military times stored in C++? Like if I input 19:22:39 is that 192239 or like how? I don't understand how I can add the two times like that, and I don't understand how those times are like stored? Any help, not just writing how to do the entire thing please, would be very appreciated! Thanks

You will need to study the functions defined in ctime.h:

http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/ctime/

Note that none of these functions convert from a string representation to one of the common time structures. Given that you are a newcomer to C++, I suspect your instructor is wanting you to do all the conversions yourself. Decomposing a string into hours, minutes, & seconds can be done a number of ways; some of these methods include:

• Use strtok() which is a traditionally a way C programmers would parse strings.
• Use the string::substr() method.
• Use the string::find_first_of() method.

All of these functions are described at sources such as cplusplus.com. Once you have isolated strings representing numeric values, you can use functions such as atoi() to convert to numeric values.

As for converting from one unit of time to another (eg. minutes -> hours, etc.), I tend to think that your instructor is wanting you to perform the appropriate arithmetic within your code.

Hey! Thank you so much! I can't believe my instructor just assumed we should know how to do this. haha. Oh well. Thank you again! (:

Perhaps you need to have your instructor clarify their intentions.