//**************************************
//     
// Name: Parsing Time in Minutes From a 
//     String
// Description:This code gets the time i
//     n minutes starting from 12:00am to the t
//     ime in the string. The string is in a HH
//     :MMxx format. HH for hours, MM for minut
//     es, and xx is either am or pm. It can be
//     used to find the difference in minutes o
//     f any two times.
// By: Nathan Sampson
//
//This code is copyrighted and has// limited warranties.Please see http://
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//     owCode.asp?txtCodeId=7623&lngWId;=3//for details.//**************************************
//     

#include <iostream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string>
#include <stdio.h>
int parseTime(string a)
    {
    int hours, minutes, time, place=2;
    hours=(a[0]-'0');
    if (a.length()==7)
        {
        hours=hours*10+(a[1]-'0');
        place++;
    }

    minutes=(a[place]-'0')*10+(a[place+1]-'0');
    if (a[place+2]=='p')
    hours+=12;
    time=hours*60+minutes;
    return time;
}

int main()
    {
    cout << parseTime("11:34pm");
    getchar();
}