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However, astute readers will note that 41570 + 162 + 68 + 259 + 314 + 44026 does not in fact equal 86400.

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This is called the rounding paradox.

So what to do? Unfortunately, this is called the rounding paradox.The simple fact of the matter is there is no  there is no simple or nice way to deal with this.

  • You either live with the missing second(s) in the outputtotals
  • Or you display an incorrect value somewhere in the data, by adding the missing seconds to the individual data rows

We here at jtel have decided just to go with the first method.

So live with it - so sometimes the sums in our reports, when they involve times, jtel reports may not add up exactly as you would expect.

Now, at least you know why!

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