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Next Palindromic Time

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Problem statement

Given a valid 24-hour time time in HH:MM format, return the first strictly later time whose four digits form a palindrome.

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Example 1

time = "12:21"return = "13:31"

13:31 is the first later valid time whose digits read the same in both directions.

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