Comments on: JavaScript countdown solution

By: Kidino

Kidino — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:12:10 +0000

I created this PHP-Javascript Countdown Timer. The PHP is to fetch server time. You can set it to any timezone you want. And the Javascript is for the animation…

This way it will end at the same time, no matter where geographically your website visitor is.

Full instructions included. Enjoy…

http://www.minisitegallery.com/blog/php-javascript-countdown-script-with-timezone-setting.html

By: desbest

desbest — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:59:34 +0000

How do I make the timer pause when I leave the page?

By: Stéphane Deschamps

Stéphane Deschamps — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:43:48 +0000

I’ve used similar solutions (namely, the one Danil Glazman has put up) and found that sometimes a timeout of 1000 doesn’t equal 1 second, on busy computers for instance. (the timer for 45 minutes would last longer than that)

Idea: doing timeouts but displaying the actual time passed, by parsing the actual time at each timeout.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:55:10 +0000

@lunatic sun: Interesting, when you turn the monitor off you cannot see it, I will have to fix that.

By: Lunatic Sun

Lunatic Sun — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:36:43 +0000

Test it when you click “pause” , then “start” and “resume” again. Time will speed up :-)