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---
id: 699c8e045ee7cb94ed2322d6
title: "Challenge 215: Parking Fee Calculator"
challengeType: 28
dashedName: challenge-215
---
# --description--
Given two strings representing the time you parked your car and the time you picked it up, calculate the parking fee.
- The given strings will be in the format `"HH:MM"` using a 24-hour clock. So `"14:00"` is 2pm for example.
- The first string will be the time you parked your car, and the second will be the time you picked it up.
- If the pickup time is earlier than the entry time, it means the parking spanned past midnight into the next day.
Fee rules:
- Each hour parked costs $3.
- Partial hours are rounded up to the next full hour.
- If the parking spans overnight (past midnight), an additional $10 overnight fee is applied.
- There is a minimum fee of $5 (only used if the total would be less than $5).
Return the total cost in the format `"$cost"`, `"$5"` for example.
# --hints--
`calculateParkingFee("09:00", "11:00")` should return `"$6"`.
```js
assert.equal(calculateParkingFee("09:00", "11:00"), "$6");
```
`calculateParkingFee("10:00", "10:30")` should return `"$5"`.
```js
assert.equal(calculateParkingFee("10:00", "10:30"), "$5");
```
`calculateParkingFee("08:10", "10:45")` should return `"$9"`.
```js
assert.equal(calculateParkingFee("08:10", "10:45"), "$9");
```
`calculateParkingFee("14:40", "23:10")` should return `"$27"`.
```js
assert.equal(calculateParkingFee("14:40", "23:10"), "$27");
```
`calculateParkingFee("18:15", "01:30")` should return `"$34"`.
```js
assert.equal(calculateParkingFee("18:15", "01:30"), "$34");
```
`calculateParkingFee("11:11", "11:10")` should return `"$82"`.
```js
assert.equal(calculateParkingFee("11:11", "11:10"), "$82");
```
# --seed--
## --seed-contents--
```js
function calculateParkingFee(parkTime, pickupTime) {
return parkTime;
}
```
# --solutions--
```js
function calculateParkingFee(parkTime, pickupTime) {
function toMinutes(time) {
const [hours, minutes] = time.split(":").map(Number);
return hours * 60 + minutes;
}
const entryMinutes = toMinutes(parkTime);
const exitMinutes = toMinutes(pickupTime);
let totalMinutes;
let overnight = false;
if (exitMinutes < entryMinutes) {
overnight = true;
totalMinutes = (24 * 60 - entryMinutes) + exitMinutes;
} else {
totalMinutes = exitMinutes - entryMinutes;
}
const hours = Math.ceil(totalMinutes / 60);
let cost = hours * 3;
if (overnight) {
cost += 10;
}
if (cost < 5) {
cost = 5;
}
return `$${cost}`;
}
```