From 080fadf73c1bde9e0d5145e9817c5faca77558a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Wagner-Hall <dawagner@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 13:27:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Inline implementation of padStart

Python Tutor doesn't support padStart.
---
 Sprint-2/4-mandatory-interpret/time-format.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Sprint-2/4-mandatory-interpret/time-format.js b/Sprint-2/4-mandatory-interpret/time-format.js
index 15d579805..17127bc01 100644
--- a/Sprint-2/4-mandatory-interpret/time-format.js
+++ b/Sprint-2/4-mandatory-interpret/time-format.js
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 function pad(num) {
-  return num.toString().padStart(2, "0");
+  let numString = num.toString();
+  while (numString.length < 2) {
+    numString = "0" + numString;
+  }
+  return numString;
 }
 
 function formatTimeDisplay(seconds) {