Formatting integer (2 printed as 02)

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I want to format an integer as hours and minutes.

Of course it's easy to write this myself, but let's respect DRY!

Is there a method I can use so that integers are converted to strings of 2 digits?

So: 2 --> 02 11 --> 11 4 --> 04

sprintf("%02d", 4) => 04

-philip