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---
id: 699c8e045ee7cb94ed2322d6
title: "Challenge 215: Parking Fee Calculator"
challengeType: 29
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--
`calculate_parking_fee("09:00", "11:00")` should return `"$6"`.
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(calculate_parking_fee("09:00", "11:00"), "$6")`)
}})
```
`calculate_parking_fee("10:00", "10:30")` should return `"$5"`.
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(calculate_parking_fee("10:00", "10:30"), "$5")`)
}})
```
`calculate_parking_fee("08:10", "10:45")` should return `"$9"`.
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(calculate_parking_fee("08:10", "10:45"), "$9")`)
}})
```
`calculate_parking_fee("14:40", "23:10")` should return `"$27"`.
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(calculate_parking_fee("14:40", "23:10"), "$27")`)
}})
```
`calculate_parking_fee("18:15", "01:30")` should return `"$34"`.
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(calculate_parking_fee("18:15", "01:30"), "$34")`)
}})
```
`calculate_parking_fee("11:11", "11:10")` should return `"$82"`.
```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(calculate_parking_fee("11:11", "11:10"), "$82")`)
}})
```
# --seed--
## --seed-contents--
```py
def calculate_parking_fee(park_time, pickup_time):
return park_time
```
# --solutions--
```py
import math
def calculate_parking_fee(park_time, pickup_time):
def to_minutes(time_str):
hours, minutes = map(int, time_str.split(":"))
return hours * 60 + minutes
entry_minutes = to_minutes(park_time)
exit_minutes = to_minutes(pickup_time)
overnight = False
if exit_minutes < entry_minutes:
overnight = True
total_minutes = (24 * 60 - entry_minutes) + exit_minutes
else:
total_minutes = exit_minutes - entry_minutes
hours = math.ceil(total_minutes / 60)
cost = hours * 3
if overnight:
cost += 10
if cost < 5:
cost = 5
return f"${cost}"
```