It looks like Beeminder is stealing a minute

[phi]

I entered three data points in the advanced entry form of my goal work. One of them was 6:53.
It then briefly showed up as 6:52 (!) in the list of data points, then it changed into 6.883333333333333. It changing alone is a bug already, but this is not about this. This is about it showing 6:52 instead of 6:53.

Where did the other minute go?

Also, see the discussion about a rational datatype for modelling fractions that are not subject to the whims of the IEEE 32 bit float and JS’ Number datatype:

Option to show all times in HH:MM:SS instead of HH:MM

I have a goal where the seconds actually matter a lot. I need to know if today I actually have 1 minute to do or just 5 seconds. Whether I need to do 5 seconds or 59, the interface still shows 00:01 to go for the day. What ends happening in my specific use case (which I can’t elaborate further on in this thread) is that sometimes I run short of a few seconds and I just add in a “fake” “padding” datapoint for those few seconds, because it would be impractical to actually do the task again and l…