python Trying to make minutes go to the nearest quarter

Question

Hours= int(input("What Hour is it?"))
Minutes= int(input("What Minute is it?"))
if Hours<12:
    print(Hours , (':'), Minutes)
elif Hours>12:
    print(Hours-12 ,(':'), Minutes)

I'm trying to make the following code go to the closest quarter/15 minutes but don't know how. Any help would be appreciated

`(round(Minutes/15.)*15)%60` ? Though incase its `60` you would need to add `1` to Hours as well. — Anand S Kumar, Oct 06 '15 at 15:31
related: [Python - Ceil a datetime to next quarter of an hour](http://stackoverflow.com/q/13071384/4279) — jfs, Oct 06 '15 at 16:43
@AnandSKumar: you might also need to change pm to am and in reverse. — jfs, Oct 06 '15 at 17:07
@AnandSKumar: a question may contain any number of bugs; an answer should generally avoid introducing bugs. — jfs, Oct 06 '15 at 17:28
@J.F.Sebastian This is/was not a complete answer, that is why its a comment (its just a kind of hint towards how to get an answer). — Anand S Kumar, Oct 06 '15 at 17:39
@AnandSKumar: my comment is an addition to your comment. It is not a critique. — jfs, Oct 06 '15 at 17:40

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 06 '15 at 15:37

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try rouning you minutes to 15:

Hours= int(input("What Hour is it?"))
Minutes= int(input("What Minute is it?"))
if Hours<12:
    print(Hours , (':'), Minutes)
elif Hours>12:
    print(Hours-12 ,(':'), Minutes)
Minutes= round(Minutes/15)*15

answered Oct 06 '15 at 15:37

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 06 '15 at 15:48

Please check your solution if you are not change minute variable then how u can expect that it set to the nearest quater. SO you just need to add 1 line which alter minute
for getting answer like 1st quater,2nd quater,3rd quater or 4th quater :

minute = (minute+1)%15

for getting answer like 15min,30min,45min,60min :

minute = ((minute+1)%15)*15

python Trying to make minutes go to the nearest quarter

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