#! perl -slw use strict; use Data::Dump qw[ pp ]; sub dhm2int { my( $d, $h, $m ) = unpack '(A2)*', $_[0]; return ( ( $d - 1 ) * 24 + $h ) * 60 + $m; } sub int2dhm { sprintf "%02d%02d%02d", int($_[0]/1440)+1, int($_[0]/60)%24, $_[0]%60; } my $tally = chr(255) x ( 31*24*60 ); while( <> ) { chomp; my( $sd, $ed, $v ) = split; my( $s, $e ) = map dhm2int( $_ ), $sd, $ed; while( int( $s / 1440 ) != int( $e / 1440 ) ) { my $newe = ( int( $s / 1440 ) +1 ) * 1440 -1; vec( $tally, $_, 8 ) > $v and vec( $tally, $_, 8 ) = $v for $s .. $newe; $s = $newe +1; } vec( $tally, $_, 8 ) > $v and vec( $tally, $_, 8 ) = $v for $s .. $e; } my @res; my $i = 0; while( $i < length( $tally ) ) { ++$i until vec( $tally, $i, 8 ) != 255; my $val = vec( $tally, $i, 8 ); my $start = $i++; ++$i while $i % 1440 and vec( $tally, $i, 8 ) == $val; my $end = $i - 1; push @res, [ int2dhm( $start ), int2dhm( $end ), $val ]; } pp \@res;