C++ int with preceding 0 changes entire value

Question

I have this very strange problem where if I declare an int like so

int time = 0110;

and then display it to the console the value returned i

Answer 1

The compiler is interpreting the leading zero as an octal number. The octal value of "110" is 72 in decimal. There's no need for the leading zero if you're just storing an int value.

You're trying to store "time" as it appears on a clock. That's actually more complicated than a simple int. You could store the number of minutes since midnight instead.