time calculation [2]

I get the input from an html form (I'm trying to create a page where
employees could submit their work hours - "timesheets").
The time_in is the hour picked from a list/menu box. I'm not sure what value
I should pass to the script; I thought numbers 0 through 24 would be a good
idea (starting at 12am as 0). And then the time passed would be $time_out -
$time_in (e.g. 9am to 5pm would be 17-9=8hrs worked). But that doesn't work
for one instance - when the time_out is 12am. I was wondering if anyone had
to make a similar calculation in any of their scripts; it's rather the
question for the logic solution I guess not the script itself.

thanks,
Mariusz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mariusz" <mkubis22@hotmail.com>
To: "perl" <beginners@perl.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 12:56 AM
Subject: time calculation


What's the best way to find the difference in hours between $checkin_time
and $checkout_time?
I thought each hour from 12am through 12pm would supply integer from 0 to 24
(e.g. 9am to 5pm is 17-9=8) but that does work except when checkout is
12am.(I don't have to deal with minutes in this script)
Thanks
Mariusz

• time calculation [2] by Mariusz
• RE: time calculation [2] by Timothy Johnson