#!perl use Data::Dumper; print "this is a test\n"; my %HoH = ( "toTime" => "1220", "fromTime" => "0930" ); #print Dumper (\%HoH); my $fromTime = $HoH{"fromTime"}; my $toTime = $HoH{"toTime"}; print "$fromTime\n"; my ($fromTimeHr, $fromTimeMin, $toTimeHr, $toTimeMin); if ($fromTime =~ /(\d{2})(\d{2})/) { print "FOMRTIME Hr = $1 / Min = $2\n"; $fromTimeHr = $1; $fromTimeMin = $2; } if ($toTime =~ /(\d{2})(\d{2})/) { print "TOTIME Hr = $1 / Min = $2\n"; $toTimeHr = $1; $toTimeMin = $2; } # Now convert Hrs to Mins and and all Mins my $totalFromTime = ($fromTimeHr * 60) + $fromTimeMin; my $totalToTime = ($toTimeHr * 60) + $toTimeMin; print "Total From Time Mins = $totalFromTime\n"; print "Total To Time Mins = $totalToTime\n";