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Advisory Reply Window Gap Tool

Calculate advisory reply window gap from explicit caller-supplied inputs.

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Description

Return repliedAt-requestedAt and window minus that elapsed value.

Extension-service time budgets distinguish contact, travel, closed cases, credited pauses and source-validity periods. Allocated person-time differs from elapsed time, while half-open source periods differ from closed deadline checks. A supplied deadline or pause is not automatically an official service requirement.

Return repliedAt-requestedAt and window minus that elapsed value.

When to use this tool

Use Advisory Reply Window Gap when checking the stated contact/travel, response or source-period convention.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter requestedAt, repliedAt, suppliedWindow. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read elapsed, slack. Use the output convention below.

Require a nonnegative supplied response window. Return repliedAt-requestedAt and window minus that elapsed value.1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
requestedAtRequested AtRequired. Finite number.
repliedAtReplied AtRequired. Finite number.
suppliedWindowSupplied WindowRequired. Finite number; minimum 0.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
elapsedElapsedRequired. Finite number.
slackSlackRequired. Finite number.
json
{
  "input": {
    "requestedAt": 10,
    "repliedAt": 25,
    "suppliedWindow": 20
  },
  "output": {
    "elapsed": 15,
    "slack": 5
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • Negative elapsed time is retained; clock consistency, reply quality and real service requirements are not verified.
  • Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
  • Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Use verified clock, journey and source records with the governing service and reimbursement policies for actual performance or payment decisions.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: agricultural-extension/advisory-reply-window-gap — tool.io

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