Is it possible to create a timer in jscript that you can manually change without it being affected by timezones?
- by Lixorp
is it possible to create a timer where I can manually set the hours each day to a set number of hours but still remains accurate? For example; if I set the countdown for 5 hours at 2pm I want the timer to stop as soon as it hits 7pm. Also, when I set the timer for 5 hours I would like everyone in the world to see it countdown from 5 hours, no matter what the time is in their country. In the format: days hours minutes seconds.
The reason I want to do this is for a streamer's website. He needs a flexible timer which can be manually changed and is the same worldwide for his viewers to know when he starts streaming.
The current timer we're using at the moment;
setInterval(function(){
var currentTime = new Date();
if(currentTime.getHours() > 19){
var countdownHours = (24 - currentTime.getHours()) + 19;
}else if(currentTime.getHours() < 19){
var countdownHours = 19 - currentTime.getHours();
}else{
var countdownHours = 0;
}
var countdownMins = 59 - currentTime.getMinutes();
var countdownSecs = 60 - currentTime.getSeconds();
$('#countdown-days h1').text('0');
$('#countdown-hours h1').text(countdownHours);
$('#countdown-minutes h1').text(countdownMins);
$('#countdown-seconds h1').text(countdownSecs);
}, 1000);
As you can tell it isn't ideal for what we need it for since it counts down to 7pm in the timezone you're in.
Any help/examples would be greatly appreciated,
Thank you in advance, Lixorp.
