[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #50649] tic / toc delivers false result if measuring over midnight

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                 Summary: tic / toc delivers false result if measuring over
midnight
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: atcl
            Submitted on: Mon 27 Mar 2017 07:52:48 AM UTC
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Inaccurate Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.2.1
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

If a tic / toc time measurement is started before midnight and ended after
midnight the following happens:

Octave 4.0.0 (on x86-64): negative integer is returned

Octave 4.2.1 (on arm-v7): on top of the measured time a large number,
probably: 24*3600 [s] is added.







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