Format a duration in Rust

Rust interview exercise on Practical, difficulty 1 of 3. Solve it in the editor beside a worked example, or cold in Interview mode with the example hidden; the tests run the moment you do.

Write format_duration(total_seconds) as "M:SS", or "H:MM:SS" once there is at least an hour. Minutes and seconds are zero-padded to two digits except the leading unit.

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