Clock Figure Outer - for converting your time card to decimal number and back.

cfo.py

print "Clock Figure Outer (CFO) 1.0 - 6ft Dan(TM)"
print "Author: Daniel P. Clark"
print "Written: <= 2005"
print

def parse(vString):
 global rval, end
 if ":" in vString:
  rval = int(vString[-2:])*100/60
  end = "hundredths"
  return 1
 elif "." in vString:
  if len(vString[3:]) == 1:
   vString += "0"
  rval = int(vString[3:])*60/100
  end = "minutes past the hour"
  return 1
 else:
  print "Not Valid!"
  return 0

x = 1
while x == 1:
 end = ""
 ui = raw_input("Enter clock value: ")
 if ui in ("q", "quit"):
  x = 0
  break
 if parse(ui):
  print rval, end
  print