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Operator timecode entry normalization: digit right alignment · case 05

Typing 100 jumps to 10:00:00:00 instead of one second.

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Case contract

Normalize typed timecode. Separators ":", ";" and "." are equivalent. With separators, up to four numeric fields fill from the right (frames last). Without separators, up to eight digits are right-aligned into HH MM SS FF pairs. Field overflow carries through the total frame count, which wraps at 24 hours. Invalid entry returns None.

Why this case matters

Timecode arithmetic errors misplace edits, commercial breaks and captions against the broadcast clock.

One recorded failure

Sample boundary fixture

This sample comes from the broken implementation of a controlled reproducer.

Boundary fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
regression: digit right alignment"10:00:00:00""00:01:00:00"Failed

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