\documentclass[11pt,twoside,a4paper]{article} \usepackage{a4wide,amsmath,amssymb} \usepackage{invoice} \usepackage{ifthen} \usepackage{calc} \newcounter{bh} \newcounter{bm} \newcounter{eh} \newcounter{em} \newcounter{dh} \newcounter{dm} \newcounter{hrdec} \def\timediff#1:#2-#3:#4 {% \setcounter{bh}{#1} \setcounter{bm}{#2} \setcounter{eh}{#3} \setcounter{em}{#4} \ifthenelse{\(\value{eh}>\value{bh}\or\value{eh}=\value{bh}\) \and\(\value{em}>\value{bm}\or\value{em}=\value{bm}\)} {\setcounter{dh}{\value{eh}-\value{bh}} \setcounter{dm}{\value{em}-\value{bm}}} {\ifthenelse{\(\value{eh}>\value{bh}\or\value{eh}=\value{bh}\) \and\value{em}<\value{bm}} {\setcounter{dh}{\value{eh}-\value{bh}-1} \setcounter{dm}{60+\value{em}-\value{bm}}} {\ifthenelse{\value{eh}<\value{bh} \and\(\value{em}>\value{bm}\or\value{em}=\value{bm}\)} {\setcounter{dh}{24+\value{eh}-\value{bh}} \setcounter{dm}{\value{em}-\value{bm}}} {\ifthenelse{\value{eh}<\value{bh}\and\value{em}<\value{bm}} {\setcounter{dh}{23+\value{eh}-\value{bh}} \setcounter{dm}{60+\value{em}-\value{bm}}}}}{}} \setcounter{hrdec}{\value{dm}*5/3} \ifthenelse{\value{dm}>5}{\thedh.\thehrdec}{\thedh.0\thehrdec}} \begin{document} \timediff10:15-16:00 \begin{invoice}{EUR}{0} \ProjectTitle{Rechnung }% % Contents Rate/Unit Count \edef\foo{{ab.cd.de}{12.5}{\timediff10:15-16:00}} \expandafter\Fee\foo % \Fee{ab.cd.de} {12.5} {\timediff10:15-16:00} % \Fee{ab.cd.de} {12.5} {10} \ProjectTitle{Sales Restructuring}% % Contents Rate/Unit Count \Fee{Sales Structure Analysis} {2750.00} { 6} \Fee{Negotiation with Agents} {2750.00} { 3} \end{ivoice} \end{document} This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) %&-line parsing enabled. entering extended mode (./invoice_test.tex LaTeX2e <2005/12/01> Babel and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax, dumylang, noh yphenation, loaded. (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/article.cls Document Class: article 2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/size11.clo)) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/ltxmisc/a4wide.sty (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/ntgclass/a4.sty)) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/amsmath/amsmath.sty For additional information on amsmath, use the `?' option. (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/amsmath/amstext.sty (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/amsmath/amsgen.sty)) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/amsmath/amsbsy.sty) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/amsmath/amsopn.sty)) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/amsfonts/amssymb.sty (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/amsfonts/amsfonts.sty)) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/invoice/invoice.sty (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/ifthen.sty) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tools/longtable.sty) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tools/calc.sty) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/realcalc/realcalc.tex `Real arithmetic', Version 1.0, Jan. 1993(C) Frank Buchholz) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/invoice/invoice.def)) (./invoice_test.aux) VAT is zero! ! Argument of \timediff has an extra }. \par l.49 ...foo{{ab.cd.de}{12.5}{\timediff10:15-16:00} } \expandafter\Fee\foo ?