Thank you! The atmosphere was one of the important goals. I'm glad you liked it!
The resulting number is associated with the clock and has an incorrect value. So you need to convert to the correct clock value and use the 12-hour time convention.
I beat it \o/ thanks for the hint haha I was fine on my own after that, your puzzles are pretty hard ngl, X - 1.. duh! was obvious once I got it haha. Great game! :)