How can I create Date Object from Date and Time Strings in Lua NodeMCU?
<p>I am playing around with NodeMCU on an ESP8266. I have a Date String and a Time String from a Web Request like this:</p>

<p><strong>15.07.16</strong> (German format DD.MM.YY)</p>

<p><strong>19:50</strong> (24 hours format)</p>

<p>These DateTimes lay usually a little bit in the future. I want to get the number of minutes from the current time to the time from my strings above.</p>

<p>I guess I have to create a time object from the strings and then compare it to the current time. But how can I do that with Lua? </p>

<p>Unfortunately there is no <strong>os</strong> Library on NodeMCU (or I might have missed how to enable it).</p>

<p>Calculating the difference manually would be a huge pain which I would like to avoid. Does anyone know a way to compute that with available or external libraries?</p>

<p>Thanks for any support!</p>