JavaScript - Countdown

Please understand that i have looked through the different timers on the JavaScript section but did not find any that can do what i am looking for and i don't know programming to edit any of them.

I would like to have a countdown timer on my website that will count down from 12:00:01 am server time and end at midnight again of the same day (the clock should count down a full 24 hours) then it will automatically reset itself and count down again each and every day starting from 1 second after midnight. The count down should display hours : minutes : seconds just like a digital watch. I would also like to it to go with the server time and not client computer time so it will only count down according to the server time.

One more thing .... each day a new trivia question will be posted and ppl have 1 day to answer the trivia question for a chance to win something (that is why the script is counting down). Will the script be able to automatically load a new trivia each day at midnight as the timer resets or do i have to load the trivia manually? If im getting way out of my head here then lets forget this last part.

If it can be done i will certainly appreciate the advice.

Hi to all,

I got a timestamp (in the future) and I want to display on a page how many seconds this differs from now. I know how to do this in PHP, but now it's static, I want it to actually count down.
After the countdown, the page should be refreshed, although I could also do this with a meta tag, as I can just find the value with PHP on load and put that value in a meta refresh tag.

Could you help me out with one of these things?

x5x_tim

Hi all,

This is my first post on a forum regarding help so I'm sorry in advance.

I currently have a text based MMORPG.

I am trying to create a countdown timer for my functions(Crime, Car Steal and so on)

Code:

    window.setTimeout("Tick()", 1000);

    function Tick() {
        window.setTimeout("Tick()", 1000);
    }
	var Timer;
var TotalSeconds;


function CreateTimer(TimerID, Time) {
    Timer = document.getElementById(TimerID);
    TotalSeconds = Time;
    
    UpdateTimer()
    window.setTimeout("Tick()", 1000);
}

function Tick() {
    TotalSeconds -= 1;
    UpdateTimer()
    window.setTimeout("Tick()", 1000);
}

function UpdateTimer() {
    Timer.innerHTML = TotalSeconds;
}

function Tick() {
    if (TotalSeconds <= 0) {
        alert("Available")
        return;
    }

    TotalSeconds -= 1;
    UpdateTimer()
    window.setTimeout("Tick()", 1000);
}

function UpdateTimer() {
    var Seconds = TotalSeconds;
    
	var Days = Math.floor(Seconds / 86400);
    Seconds -= Days * 86400;
	
    var Hours = Math.floor(Seconds / 3600);
    Seconds -= Hours * (3600);

    var Minutes = Math.floor(Seconds / 60);
    Seconds -= Minutes * (60);


    var TimeStr = ((Days > 0) ? Days + " days " : "") + LeadingZero(Hours) + ":" + LeadingZero(Minutes) + ":" + LeadingZero(Seconds)


    Timer.innerHTML = TimeStr + "Organised Robbery!";
}


function LeadingZero(Time) {

    return (Time < 10) ? "0" + Time : + Time;

}

Any help with regards to this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

I figured if there was one it would be a Javascript but does anyone know of a countdown clock that almost looks like a counter/turnstile number row? Like this sorta:



I've been looking for one where I have the numbers look just like that and 'push' upward as the times (days, minutes, seconds) go on. Hopefully someone knows of a script >< Thanks alot!!!

Hey all,

I'm trying to sort a countdown clock for my website:
http://www.cyber-technix.com/corps/index.php/

My vision of it was a transparent background, Blue text and a simple Day : Hour : Minute : Second Layout.

I found a free .js countdown clock at http://www.hashemian.com/tools/javascript-countdown.htm

Anyone got any better suggestions?

I havn't used .js much so I may need some help implementing it if someone would be kind enough to help me out, thanks.

http://icant.co.uk/sandbox/countdown.html

Hi, I am trying to understand the countdown above but I am having some problems. I am trying to remove some of the fields under preferences, I just want to show "Time in Seconds" and "warning start" and not any of the other fields. When I try to remove something from the script the entire thing just stop working. So my question is simple, how do I hide/remove fields under preferences without breaking the countdown?

I'm not sure what im doing wrong here this technique im using works for a different countdown file. Here is the code:

/*
New Perspectives on JavaScript, 2nd Edition
Tutorial 2
Review Assignment

Author: Andrew Duren
Date: 8 May 2011

Function List:
showDateTime(time)
Returns the date in a text string formatted as:
mm/dd/yyyy at hh:mm:ss am

changeYear(today, holiday)
Changes the year value of the holiday object to point to the
next year if it has already occurred in the present year

countdown(stop, start)
Displays the time between the stop and start date objects in the
text format:
dd days, hh hrs, mm mins, ss secs
*/

function showDateTime(time) {
date = time.getDate();
month = time.getMonth()+1;
year = time.getFullYear();

second = time.getSeconds();
minute = time.getMinutes();
hour = time.getHours();

ampm = (hour < 12) ? " a.m." : " p.m.";
hour = (hour > 12) ? hour - 12 : hour;
hour = (hour == 0) ? 12 : hour;

minute = minute < 10 ? "0"+minute : minute;
second = second < 10 ? "0"+second : second;

return month+"/"+date +"/"+year+" at "+hour+":"+minute+":"+second+ampm;
}

function changeYear(today, holiday) {
var year = today.getFullYear();
holiday.setFullYear(year);
year = (today > holiday) ? year + 1 : year;
year = holiday.setFullYear(year);
}

function countdown(start, stop){
time = stop - start;
var rawdays = ((time)/(1000*60*60*24));
days = Math.floor(rawdays); //milisec/sec*sec/min*mins/hour*hours/day is what's divided 4 value
var rawhours = ((rawdays - days)*24) - 1;
hours = Math.floor(rawhours);
var rawminutes = (rawhours - hours)*60;
minutes = Math.floor(rawminutes);
var rawseconds = ((rawminutes - minutes)*60) + 1;
seconds = Math.floor(rawseconds);

return days + " days, " + hours + " hours, " + minutes + " mins, " + seconds + " secs";
}

HTML file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<head>
<!--
New Perspectives on JavaScript, 2nd Edition
Tutorial 2
Review Assignment

Events in Tulsa
Author: Andrew Duren
Date: 08 May 2011

Filename: events.htm
Supporting files: dates.js, logo.jpg, tulsa.css
-->

<title>Upcoming Events at Tulsa</title>
<link href="tulsa.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="dates.js"></script>
<script type = "text/javascript">

function timeLeft() {
//the today variable contains the current date and time
var today = new Date();
var Date1 = new Date("January 14, 2011 10:00:00");
var Date2 = new Date("May 21, 2011 12:00:00");
var Date3 = new Date("July 4, 2011 9:00:00");
var Date4 = new Date("September 1, 2011 12:00:00");
var Date5 = new Date("December 1, 2011 11:30:00");
var Date6 = new Date("December 31, 2011 3:30:00");
//Display the current date and time.
document.eventform.thisDay.value = showDateTime(today);

changeYear(today, Date1);
changeYear(today, Date2);
changeYear(today, Date3);
changeYear(today, Date4);
changeYear(today, Date5);
changeYear(today, Date6);

document.eventform.count1.value = countdown(today, Date1);
document.eventform.count2.value = countdown(today, Date2);
document.eventform.count3.value = countdown(today, Date3);
document.eventform.count4.value = countdown(today, Date4);
document.eventform.count5.value = countdown(today, Date5);
document.eventform.count6.value = countdown(today, Date6);

}
</script>
</head>

<body onload="setInterval('timeLeft()', 1000)">
<form name="eventform" id="eventform" action="">

<div id="logo">
<img src="logo.jpg" alt="Tulsa Events" />
</div>
<div id="links">
<a href="#">Home</a>
<a href="#">City Services</a>
<a href="#">City Agencies</a>
<a href="#">Mayor's Office</a>
<a href="#">News Today</a>
<a href="#">Upcoming Events</a>
<a href="#">Site Map</a>
<a href="#">Search Engine</a>
<a href="#">Public Notices</a>
<a href="#">Survey Form</a>
<a href="#">Contact Us</a>
<a href="#">E-Government</a>
</div>


<div id="main">
<h3>Countdown to Upcoming Events</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<th colspan="2" style="text-align: right">Current Date and Time</th>
<td><input name="thisDay" id="thisDay" readonly="readonly" size="40" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Event</th>
<th>Starting Time</th>
<th>Countdown to Event</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input value="Heritage Day" readonly="readonly" size="20" /></td>
<td><input value="Jan 14 at 10:00 a.m." readonly="readonly" size="20" /></td>
<td><input name="count1" id="count1" size="40" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input value="Spring Day Rally" readonly="readonly" size="20" /></td>
<td><input value="May 21 at 12:00 p.m." readonly="readonly" size="20" /></td>
<td><input name="count2" id="count2" size="40" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input value="July 4th Fireworks" readonly="readonly" size="20" /></td>
<td><input value="Jul 4 at 9:00 p.m." readonly="readonly" size="20" /></td>
<td><input name="count3" id="count3" size="40" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input value="Summer Bash" readonly="readonly" size="20" /></td>
<td><input value="Sep 1 at 12:00 p.m." readonly="readonly" size="20" /></td>
<td><input name="count4" id="count4" size="40" /></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><input value="Holiday Party" readonly="readonly" size="20" /></td>
<td><input value="Dec 1 at 11:30 a.m." readonly="readonly" size="20" /></td>
<td><input name="count5" id="count5" size="40" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input value="New Year's Bash" readonly="readonly" size="20" /></td>
<td><input value="Dec 31 at 3:30 p.m." readonly="readonly" size="20" /></td>
<td><input name="count6" id="count6" size="40" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>

</form>
</body>
</html>

Even tho my method works for 1 file it's inconsistent with this one, there must be a better technique I can use in case I have to do 100 countdowns on a page.

Hi please help me with this website. This website is used to list 6 events and then it should accurately countdown to when that event happens. As it is right now it accurately counts days, but hours, minutes, and seconds are counted down incorrectly. Here is the js file:

/*
New Perspectives on JavaScript, 2nd Edition
Tutorial 2
Review Assignment

Author: Andrew Duren
Date: 8 May 2011

Function List:
showDateTime(time)
Returns the date in a text string formatted as:
mm/dd/yyyy at hh:mm:ss am

changeYear(today, holiday)
Changes the year value of the holiday object to point to the
next year if it has already occurred in the present year

countdown(stop, start)
Displays the time between the stop and start date objects in the
text format:
dd days, hh hrs, mm mins, ss secs
*/

function showDateTime(time) {
date = time.getDate();
month = time.getMonth()+1;
year = time.getFullYear();

second = time.getSeconds();
minute = time.getMinutes();
hour = time.getHours();

ampm = (hour < 12) ? " a.m." : " p.m.";
hour = (hour > 12) ? hour - 12 : hour;
hour = (hour == 0) ? 12 : hour;

minute = minute < 10 ? "0"+minute : minute;
second = second < 10 ? "0"+second : second;

return month+"/"+date +"/"+year+" at "+hour+":"+minute+":"+second+ampm;
}

function changeYear(today, holiday) {
var year = today.getFullYear();
holiday.setFullYear(year);
year = (today > holiday) ? year + 1 : year;
year = holiday.setFullYear(year);
}

function countdown(start, stop){
time = stop - start;
var rawdays = ((time)/(1000*60*60*24));
days = Math.floor(rawdays); //milisec/sec*sec/min*mins/hour*hours/day is what's divided 4 value
var rawhours = ((rawdays - days)*24) - 1;
hours = Math.floor(rawhours);
var rawminutes = (rawhours - hours)*60;
minutes = Math.floor(rawminutes);
var rawseconds = ((rawminutes - minutes)*60) + 1;
seconds = Math.floor(rawseconds);

return days + " days, " + hours + " hours, " + minutes + " mins, " + seconds + " secs";
}

Here is the html file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<head>
<!--
New Perspectives on JavaScript, 2nd Edition
Tutorial 2
Review Assignment

Events in Tulsa
Author: Andrew Duren
Date: 08 May 2011

Filename: events.htm
Supporting files: dates.js, logo.jpg, tulsa.css
-->

<title>Upcoming Events at Tulsa</title>
<link href="tulsa.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="dates.js"></script>
<script type = "text/javascript">

function timeLeft() {
//the today variable contains the current date and time
var today = new Date();
var Date1 = new Date("January 14, 2011 10:00:00");
var Date2 = new Date("May 21, 2011 12:00:00");
var Date3 = new Date("July 4, 2011 9:00:00");
var Date4 = new Date("September 1, 2011 12:00:00");
var Date5 = new Date("December 1, 2011 11:30:00");
var Date6 = new Date("December 31, 2011 3:30:00");
//Display the current date and time.
document.eventform.thisDay.value = showDateTime(today);

changeYear(today, Date1);
changeYear(today, Date2);
changeYear(today, Date3);
changeYear(today, Date4);
changeYear(today, Date5);
changeYear(today, Date6);

document.eventform.count1.value = countdown(today, Date1);
document.eventform.count2.value = countdown(today, Date2);
document.eventform.count3.value = countdown(today, Date3);
document.eventform.count4.value = countdown(today, Date4);
document.eventform.count5.value = countdown(today, Date5);
document.eventform.count6.value = countdown(today, Date6);

}
</script>
</head>

<body onload="setInterval('timeLeft()', 1000)">
<form name="eventform" id="eventform" action="">

<div id="logo">
<img src="logo.jpg" alt="Tulsa Events" />
</div>
<div id="links">
<a href="#">Home</a>
<a href="#">City Services</a>
<a href="#">City Agencies</a>
<a href="#">Mayor's Office</a>
<a href="#">News Today</a>
<a href="#">Upcoming Events</a>
<a href="#">Site Map</a>
<a href="#">Search Engine</a>
<a href="#">Public Notices</a>
<a href="#">Survey Form</a>
<a href="#">Contact Us</a>
<a href="#">E-Government</a>
</div>


<div id="main">
<h3>Countdown to Upcoming Events</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<th colspan="2" style="text-align: right">Current Date and Time</th>
<td><input name="thisDay" id="thisDay" readonly="readonly" size="40" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Event</th>
<th>Starting Time</th>
<th>Countdown to Event</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input value="Heritage Day" readonly="readonly" size="20" /></td>
<td><input value="Jan 14 at 10:00 a.m." readonly="readonly" size="20" /></td>
<td><input name="count1" id="count1" size="40" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input value="Spring Day Rally" readonly="readonly" size="20" /></td>
<td><input value="May 21 at 12:00 p.m." readonly="readonly" size="20" /></td>
<td><input name="count2" id="count2" size="40" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input value="July 4th Fireworks" readonly="readonly" size="20" /></td>
<td><input value="Jul 4 at 9:00 p.m." readonly="readonly" size="20" /></td>
<td><input name="count3" id="count3" size="40" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input value="Summer Bash" readonly="readonly" size="20" /></td>
<td><input value="Sep 1 at 12:00 p.m." readonly="readonly" size="20" /></td>
<td><input name="count4" id="count4" size="40" /></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><input value="Holiday Party" readonly="readonly" size="20" /></td>
<td><input value="Dec 1 at 11:30 a.m." readonly="readonly" size="20" /></td>
<td><input name="count5" id="count5" size="40" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input value="New Year's Bash" readonly="readonly" size="20" /></td>
<td><input value="Dec 31 at 3:30 p.m." readonly="readonly" size="20" /></td>
<td><input name="count6" id="count6" size="40" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>

</form>
</body>
</html>

Please tell me what I need to do to make all of them countdown properly and tell me what technique I can use in the future to do this for future websites in case I need to countdown to 30 events. I would appreciate any help.

In Brno, 07.06.2011

Hello everybody,

i really need your help with one issue. I have got one page running under Wordpress and i would like to add some countdown to widget to show when i will be again online.

for example:

I am online every working day (monday - friday) from 08:00 AM to 04:30 PM. So it would be nice to show to my subscribers when i would be online again.

So lets think about that is Thuesday 07:00 PM, so on my page would be visible this: "I will be back in 13 hours, 00 minutes, 00 seconds"

Or in Saturday at 07:00 PM there will be written: "I will be back in 37 hours, 00 minutes, 00 seconds"


I would really apreciate every help, thank you in advance!

Stefan alias "Scharfheimlich"

Hey there, first off, here is the countdown script I am using:

PHP Code:
<script language="JavaScript">
TargetDate = "{$timerdate}";
BackColor = "#FFFFFF";
ForeColor = "#FF0000";
CountActive = true;
CountStepper = -1;
LeadingZero = true;
DisplayFormat = "%%D%% Days %%H%% Hours %%M%% Minutes %%S%% Seconds";
FinishMessage = "<b>Price has been reduced!</b>";
</script> 


Now I was wondering if I can do 2 things to this script, 1) make it "flash" during the last 10 seconds of the countdown, and 2) Once it hits 0, then it'll show the FinishMessage for perhaps 10 sec, then it would restart the countdown with a new targetdate. Is that possible at all?

I am making a website and the page is oriented around a countdown system. If the timer ever reaches 0, the whole thing will stop. Below are the specifics:
I need a countdown timer that runs from 30 seconds to 0 seconds. If the timer is at 0 seconds, the script runs php code #1 (which makes the timer stop and if any user refreshes the page, it will still stay at zero).
There is also two buttons. If user clicks on button #1, the timer will get reset to 30 seconds remaining. Then the script will run the php code #2 (which allows the timer to begin counting down again from 30 seconds). If user clicks on button #2, the timer will get reset to 5 seconds remaining and same thing follows as the first button.
And obviously the timer should show the same number (seconds remaining) for all the users on the website!
Thank You

hi,

i am currently trying to write a javascript program;

it would be for a library reservation system. this would be put on the computers with sessions from 15 minutes to 2 hours (in 15 minute chunks i.e, 15, 30, 45, 1 hour).

this program would countdown the remaining time on their session, with pop-up messages appearing every so often.

at the end of the session, the program will have to automatically log the user off.

i am a student studying javascript, and haven't got any idea how to even start

can anyone give me a helping hand to get me started.

thanks

Hi everyone,

I need a countdown timer that will count down exactly from a time that i set.

i want it to count in this format: hh:mm:ss.

i need it for a online shop , at the main page there are few products for sell and i want each one of them to have its own countdown timer.

in addition when it will get to 00:00:00 i want that it will automatically add like 5 hours and continue counting down..

P.s i dont know javascript..

thanks guys

Hi there, I was looking for a countdown script that counts down starting at a number (50) which starts again once it reaches (0). The count down isnt in seconds, it should be in 10 second increments.

This meaning that it starts at 50, and they goes to 49 after 10 seconds..

Can anyone help?

I found this countdown timer online that starts when the page loads at 30 seconds and counts down to zero. What I need for it to do however is once it hits 0 it needs to automatically reset itself back to 30 seconds.

It's being used in conjunction with a online (not a chat room) chatterbot where people often abuse the bot with foul language. The idea being to stop them from entering text to the bot for 30 seconds.

I'm using these lines in the chatterbot where xxx would be the foul language. The stopTalk part prevents entering text for 30 seconds. The display() triggers the countdown. However, once it hits 0 it's dead in the water. If someone types another bad word the timer isn't going to work.

Note: The timer is just a visual diplay so the user can see how long he must wait. The StopTalk below is working fine to stop the user from entering text. That part isn't the problem.


Code:

if (input.search("xxx")!= -1)      
{document.result.result.value = "Stop the foul language. You can no longer enter text for 30 seconds";
display() 
stopTalk = setTimeout('icon.src=icon1.src;stopTalk=false;',30000)  
return true;}

1) Because this is an online chatterbot that temporarily stores information about the user I can't restart the timer by refreshing the page or I would lose that information.

2) I don't want to use a button to reset the timer. If at all possible I want the timer to reset automatically.


Any help would be appreciated.





Code:

<form name="counter"><input type="text" size="8" 
name="d2"></form> 

<script> 
<!-- 
// 
 var milisec=0 
 var seconds=30 
 document.counter.d2.value='30' 

function display(){ 
 if (milisec<=0){ 
    milisec=9 
    seconds-=1 
 } 
 if (seconds<=-1){ 
    milisec=0 
    seconds+=1 
 } 
 else 
    milisec-=1 
    document.counter.d2.value=seconds+"."+milisec 
    setTimeout("display()",100) 
} 
display() 
--> 
</script>