CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javascripttimezone
Stim
Stim

Reputation: 113

Time Zone Countdown script, not working as intended?

I was on the lookout for a javascript countdown with adjustable timezones, and found this script called tzcount.js. According to the instructions:

The month can be specified as a number between 1 and 12 to indicate which month of the year that you are counting down to (it will assume next year if the month has already past for this year)

But when I enter the value 1 for month, the script tells me that the date has passed, instead of assuming it is the first month of the next year. Am I missing something or is this script not working as intended?

The full script:

<!--Copy and paste just above the close </BODY> of you HTML webpage.-->

<SCRIPT type="text/javascript">

// ****  Time Zone Count Down Javascript  **** //
/*
Visit http://rainbow.arch.scriptmania.com/scripts/
 for this script and many more
*/

////////// CONFIGURE THE COUNTDOWN SCRIPT HERE //////////////////

var month = '*';     //  '*' for next month, '0' for this month or 1 through 12 for the month 
var day = '1';       //  Offset for day of month day or + day  
var hour = 0;        //  0 through 23 for the hours of the day
var tz = -5;         //  Offset for your timezone in hours from UTC
var lab = 'tzcd';    //  The id of the page entry where the timezone countdown is to show

function start() {displayTZCountDown(setTZCountDown(month,day,hour,tz),lab);}

    // **    The start function can be changed if required   **
window.onload = start;

////////// DO NOT EDIT PAST THIS LINE //////////////////

function setTZCountDown(month,day,hour,tz) 
{
var toDate = new Date();
if (month == '*')toDate.setMonth(toDate.getMonth() + 1);
else if (month > 0) 
{ 
if (month <= toDate.getMonth())toDate.setYear(toDate.getYear() + 1);
toDate.setMonth(month-1);
}
if (day.substr(0,1) == '+') 
{var day1 = parseInt(day.substr(1));
toDate.setDate(toDate.getDate()+day1);
} 
else{toDate.setDate(day);
}
toDate.setHours(hour);
toDate.setMinutes(0-(tz*60));
toDate.setSeconds(0);
var fromDate = new Date();
fromDate.setMinutes(fromDate.getMinutes() + fromDate.getTimezoneOffset());
var diffDate = new Date(0);
diffDate.setMilliseconds(toDate - fromDate);
return Math.floor(diffDate.valueOf()/1000);
}
function displayTZCountDown(countdown,tzcd) 
{
if (countdown < 0) document.getElementById(tzcd).innerHTML = "Sorry, you are too late."; 
else {var secs = countdown % 60; 
if (secs < 10) secs = '0'+secs;
var countdown1 = (countdown - secs) / 60;
var mins = countdown1 % 60; 
if (mins < 10) mins = '0'+mins;
countdown1 = (countdown1 - mins) / 60;
var hours = countdown1 % 24;
var days = (countdown1 - hours) / 24;
document.getElementById(tzcd).innerHTML = days + " day" + (days == 1 ? '' : 's') + ' + ' +hours+ 'h : ' +mins+ 'm : '+secs+'s';
setTimeout('displayTZCountDown('+(countdown-1)+',\''+tzcd+'\');',999);
}
}
</SCRIPT>
<p><font face="arial" size="-2">The countdown script at </font><br><font face="arial, helvetica" size="-2"><a href="http://rainbow.arch.scriptmania.com/scripts/">Rainbow Arch</a></font></p>

I found the script, and the instructions, here http://rainbow.arch.scriptmania.com/scripts/timezone_countdown.html

Upvotes: 2

Views: 85

Answers (1)

Scimonster
Scimonster

Reputation: 33409

The script isn't working right.

You need to edit this line:

if (month <= toDate.getMonth())toDate.setYear(toDate.getYear() + 1);

getYear abbreviates, so it returns 115 for this year. setYear then thinks you mean 115 AD, which passed a long time ago.

Replace setYear and getYear with setFullYear and getFullYear. Those functions will return/expect 2015.

Upvotes: 1

Related Questions