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Re:Try quickly typing 1+ 2 + 3 into the iOS 11 Calculator by KozmoNau7 on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @05:32AM (#15540348)
3 days, 1 hour, 45 minutes. Simple.

The Android clock app silently corrects 73 minutes to 1 hour 13 minutes.

So for 1:13:45 (hh:mm:ss) you can input "7345" on the keypad and It. Just. Works.

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Re:Try quickly typing 1+ 2 + 3 into the iOS 11 Calculator by lobster_johnson on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @11:38AM (#15542366)
But an alarm clock sets a relative point in time that happens every day. Putting "3 days" into a calendar is fine, but for an alarm clock it makes no sense.
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Re:Try quickly typing 1+ 2 + 3 into the iOS 11 Calculator by KozmoNau7 on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @01:48PM (#15543543)
So you add basic input validation.
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Re:Try quickly typing 1+ 2 + 3 into the iOS 11 Calculator by lobster_johnson on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @01:55PM (#15543637)
Yes, but the person who originally proposed this argued that there was no ambiguity.
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