time now to time alarm, in minutes, less than 24 hours from now

hourscalc.py

"""
The Arduino alarm clock asks you for the current time and the time to awake, and then waits that many minutes.
"""
# mmm, python

def hourscalc(hoursnow,minutesnow,hoursalarm,minutesalarm):
    """input is (hoursnow,minutesnow) and (hoursalarm,minutesalarm)
    and should look like hourscalc((00,30),(07,30))"""
    # NOW AND ALARM ARE IN MINUTES dude!
    now = (hoursnow * 60) + minutesnow
    alarm = (hoursalarm * 60) + minutesalarm
    if (now < alarm):
        delay = alarm - now
    elif (now >= alarm):
        # if alarm is less than now, delay will cross midnight, so do exciting math!
        delay = (24 * 60) - (now - alarm)
    return delay