539. Minimum Time Difference

Given a list of 24-hour clock time points in "Hour:Minutes" format, find the minimum minutes difference between any two time points in the list.

Example 1:

Input: ["23:59","00:00"]
Output: 1

 Note:

1. The number of time points in the given list is at least 2 and won't exceed 20000.
2. The input time is legal and ranges from 00:00 to 23:59.

题目含义：给定一定24格式的Hour:Minutes字符，找到任意两个时间点的最小时间差

    public int findMinDifference(List<String> timePoints) {
        boolean[] minutes = new boolean[24 * 60];
        for (String time : timePoints) {
            String[] values = time.split(":");
            int minute = Integer.valueOf(values[0]) * 60 + Integer.valueOf(values[1]);
            if (minutes[minute]) return 0;
            minutes[minute] = true;
        }
        int min = Integer.MAX_VALUE, left = Integer.MAX_VALUE, right = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
        int previous = 0;//上一个时间值
        for (int i = 0; i < minutes.length; i++) {
            if (!minutes[i]) continue;
            if (left != Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
                min = Math.min(min, i - previous);//min记录了最小的时间差
            }
            left = Math.min(left, i);//距离零点最近的点
            right = Math.max(right, i);//距离零点最远的点
            previous = i;
        }
        return Math.min(min, 24 * 60 - right + left);     
    }