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Compute the angle between the hands of a clock

Contributed by: Wolfram|Alpha Math Team

ClockHandAngles[timeSpec]

returns an association of information for the angle between the hands of a clock at the given time.

ClockHandAngle[timeSpec,unit]

returns the clock information in the angular units specified by units.

Details and Options

The input units can be "Degrees" or "Radians".
The association returned has the following keys:
"HourMinuteAngle"angle between hour and minute hands of a clock
"HourSecondAngle"angle between hour and second hands of a clock
"MinuteSecondAngle"angle between minute and second hands of a clock
"ClockImage"displays clock set to the current time
The input timeSpec can be a DateObject, TimeObject or any input supported by TimeObject.

Examples

Basic Examples (2) 

Compute the angle between clock hands at 2:20:

In[1]:=
ResourceFunction["ClockHandsAngles"][{2, 20}]
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Return only the angular Quantity:

In[2]:=
ResourceFunction["ClockHandsAngles"][{2, 20}]["HourMinuteAngle"]
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Compute the angles at time 6:20:20:

In[3]:=
ResourceFunction["ClockHandsAngles"][{6, 20, 20}]
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Scope (2) 

Compute the angles of the clock hands at the current time:

In[4]:=
ResourceFunction["ClockHandsAngles"][TimeObject[Now]]
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Compute the angle between clock hands in radians:

In[5]:=
ResourceFunction["ClockHandsAngles"][{2, 20, 20}, "Radians"]
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Publisher

Wolfram|Alpha Math Team

Version History

  • 2.0.0 – 23 March 2023
  • 1.0.0 – 18 September 2020

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Author Notes

To view the full source code for ClockHandsAngles, run the following code:

In[1]:=
FileNameJoin[ ReplacePart[ FileNameSplit[FindFile["ResourceFunctionHelpers`"]], -1 -> "ClockHandsAngles.wl"]] // SystemOpen

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