Avoid mutating time parameter and store converted hours in a new variable

arunkumarakilan · arunkumarakilan · commit 0422ff03ef62 · 2026-03-05T11:52:33.000Z
diff --git a/Sprint-2/5-stretch-extend/format-time.js b/Sprint-2/5-stretch-extend/format-time.js
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 function formatAs12HourClock(time) {
   const hours = Number(time.slice(0, 2));
   if (hours > 12) {
-  time = hours - 12;
-  return `${time.toString().padStart(2 , "0")}:00 pm`
+  const convertedHours= hours - 12;
+  return `${convertedHours.toString().padStart(2 , "0")}:00 pm`
   }
   return `${time} am`;
 }

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@`
`5`	`5`	`function formatAs12HourClock(time) {`
`6`	`6`	`const hours = Number(time.slice(0, 2));`
`7`	`7`	`if (hours > 12) {`
`8`		`- time = hours - 12;`
`9`		- return `${time.toString().padStart(2 , "0")}:00 pm`
	`8`	`+ const convertedHours= hours - 12;`
	`9`	+ return `${convertedHours.toString().padStart(2 , "0")}:00 pm`
`10`	`10`	`}`
`11`	`11`	return `${time} am`;
`12`	`12`	`}`