Is it possible to create a countdown timer (dd:hh:mm:ss) to 12am central time on the front end only?
So users in all timezones would get a clock that is counting down using central time rather than their current computer time?
I'm trying to do this without using backend scripts, but I'm not sure if its possible.
I have a countdown timer that will be used for events that happen locally central time, mountain time, etc. However, if someone on eastern or pacific time (or any variation of the 4 timezones) looks at the countdown timer, I want to make sure that it shows the time relative to their timezone.I thought i could read the user's timezone offset (Date.getTimezoneOffset) and subtract from it the hardcoded timezone offset of the event (passed as a variable from XML depending on the event's "primary" timezone).
Am I getting the math here wrong? The "net" timezone offset from the user - the event timezone offsets SHOULD add into the countdown time.However, Date.getTimezoneOffset, regardless of my Mac or PC timezone setting/time, keeps showing an Eastern timezone offset of 5 hours. What's going on?The time is correct when I hardcode an event timezone offset to anything other than Eastern time. I think the problem is that it's not getting a user timezone offset OTHER than -5 hours for Eastern Time.Code for the timer is here (assume that the target event timezone has been passed in):
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this.onEnterFrame = function() {
var today:Date = new Date();
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Well, pretty self explanatory.
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There's my code so far, how do i change it so it stops when it reaches frame 32? I need it to display how much time the person had left.
What I'd like to do is create a countdown timer to a specific date, but from all the tutorials I've read, I can't seem to find one that will include milliseconds; only a Day:hour:min:sec format.What I'd like is an Hour:min:sec:milliseconds format (the milliseconds whilst considerably pointless, is an aesthetic choice - I'm hoping the frantically changing numbers will display a sense of urgency).I'm using Flash CS4, and the following Actionscript so far:
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var endDate:Date = new Date(2012,9,6);var countdownTimer:Timer = new Timer(1000);countdownTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, updateTime);countdownTimer.start();function updateTime(e:TimerEvent):void{ var now:Date = new Date(); var timeLeft:Number = endDate.getTime() - now.getTime(); var seconds:Number = Math.floor(timeLeft / 1000); var minutes:Number = Math.floor(seconds /
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I've searched the forums for about 45 minutes and can't find the solution. I am looking for script for creating a countdown timer to a certain date and TIME. I've been able to get to the date, but not the time. For instance, if my event begins at 8PM, I want the timer to count down to that time.
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I am having some problem understanding the codings for the countdown timer tutorial. [URL]. How do I set a specific date of, maybe a date which is 2 years later or so?
View 3 RepliesIm trying to design a countdown timer, with the ability to set the countdown time through buttons.I would like to have the dynamic text field to display the countdown numbers in HH:MM:SS format.I would also love to have a 30 minute button, and a 15 minute button which generates the time in the text field.Then a start and stop button to begin or end the countdown sequence.
View 3 RepliesI have a requierement in my project that i need to store 'US/Eastern EST' and day light saving 'US/Eastern EDT' in data base if client machine is in US/Eastern time zone. Because this gives clear identification instead of justing the chars like 'EST'. There is CDT in US region as well as Chaina too so can't relay just on three chars like 'EST'/'EDT'.
View 3 RepliesI have a script below which counts down and using the progress info makes a movieclip widen from nothing to its full width using the x scale. This is being used for a countdown bar in my game so at the moment this bar movieclip is growing from nothing to its normal size. I want to reverse this so It starts at its normal size and grows smaller if you see what I mean. A little example would be awesome
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I need to make a Countdown timer using comboboxes (probably) that, when a user puts in their 17th birthday, can see how long it is until then. I highlight 17 because I want the user to specify the particular year as well as day and month. I would then want a timer that counts down to that particular date!
View 1 RepliesI am looking for a component/tutorial/movie that is a FLASH countdown timer/clock that you can change the targeted time on the fly using xml. So, the clock might countdown for 4 days, 3 hours and 19 minutes to an event. but then halfway through i decide i want to change the event to a day later, so i need to us xml to dynamically change the clock to add 24 hours or whatever onto the clock without having to go back into the flash file.
Additionally, this flash file will be part of a flash screensaver that has xml driven photo gallery in the background. this photo gallery i can do, but i am looking for a flash countdown with xml access. I am willing to pay/donate for it if there are no free ones available.
I am looking for a countdown timer what will countdown mins + seconds. All Ican find is a countdown to an event christmas day etc, but this wont work for what I need. I need a timer countdown that wont start again everytime a user enters the game I need a timer so all users enter the game at exactly the same time to the second, I've tried to do it using as3 php mysql but there is to much time difference between users how will I do this.
View 2 RepliesTasked with creating a countdown timer which I've done before but never using the user's system clock. Does anyone know if its possoble to access the system time from within flash?
View 1 RepliesI am trying to create a count down timer in as3 that will accept how many minutes passed to it for example one part of the swf I have to make a 30 minute countdown timer...on the other part, I have to 0 out the timer and start a 35 min timer.
View 1 RepliesI have a game that causes you to lose if you don't complete a task in a certain amount of time.I want is for the timer to cause the player to be sent to a lose frame.Im using AS2 in Flash CS5
View 1 RepliesIm useless with time.I need to create a timer for something which i can display, lets say 2 minutes which is refreshed each second until it reaches 0.2:0000:00If i was displaying seconds, something like this would be fine:
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vartime:int = 120;
var t:Timer = new Timer(1000);
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I'm trying to make a countdown timer, but I haven't really learnt all about actionscript. (not yet anyway), but I need a timer that can count down the hours, minutes, seconds and milliseconds from a given time to an other.
I need the start timer to say:
01:31:53:70 (hour:minutes:seconds:milliseconds) and then it should count down so the timer stops at:
01:30:00:00
Im looking to make something happen when my timer of 30seconds reaches zero. This is the code I've used: how to ad a function that will make something else happen??
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I have a countdown timer that works well counting down a minute, before it does something.I'd like to add counting of tenths of a second to this too, but don't know where to start.
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var turnTimerSeconds:int = 60;var turnTimerDuration:int = 1000; // 1 secondvar turnTimerRepeat:int = 60;var turnTimer = new
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how to make a countdown timer in actionscript 3? I have tried several ways and have so far been unsucessful.
View 8 Repliesevery time it gets to zero it goes back to 59:59:59:59.i need it to stay at 00:00:00:00 or even better make it flash.
var thisYear:Number = 2011;var thisDay:Number = 28;var thisMonth:Number = 2;var thisHours:Number = 19;var thisMin:Number = 30;var thisSec:Number = 0;var countdownXML:XML = new XML();countdownXML.ignoreWhite = true;countdownXML.load( 'countdown.xml'[code].....
I found a video online on how to make a countdown timer and I can't seem to get it to work.The video looks like it's using ActionScript2 so I did the same.here's the script.
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
var today:Date = new Date ();
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I want to add a moving background loops of clouds moving left to right ( or vice versa). I made it last night with regular tween but only at 1800 frames which made the counter stop at that. I need the AS2 script for making the motion loop background which wont affect the existing 30 minute counter. I have a stable image of the church on one layer and plan to just add a new lay with separate moving clouds.
View 9 RepliesIm creating a simple hidden object game in Flash AS3, however Ive got a bit stuck.
When the player finds the objects, I have created a code which takes the player onto the next frame, code below:
var founditems:int = 0;
gun_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, objectFound1);
function objectFound1(e:Event):void {
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Was wondering if anyone could help me, I'm a newbie. I'm trying to create a countdown timer with min:sec:milliseconds I found this code, and want to edit to include milliseconds but not sure how?
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I try to make a countdown for my game where the user can set the countdown.
View 3 RepliesI am learning actionscript. I browse through the internet and this is the code that I have come up with for a timer to countdown from 11 mins.(subject title a mistake)However, I have a slight problem. When I click on teh start button to come down, I expect it to show 11:00, 10:59, 10:58 and so on.. But once I click the start button, it goes to 10:58 or 10:57 or some time before 02:00.
var start_time = getTimer();
var countdowntime=660000;
var countdownTimer:Timer=new Timer(1000);
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how I can code a countdown timer?I've got code from Flash's or a stopwatch... but can't figure out how I can use this to make a count down timer.
View 14 Repliesi need to code a countdown timer. anyone knows how i should start?
View 12 RepliesI need to make a countdown timer in Flash that will countdown in seconds to the next whole hour and then will reset and countdown to the following next hour The timer needs to be 100% accurate. Is it possible to create a countdown timer in actionscript which will be perfectly accurate - ie. will always be identical when compared with actual rea-life time, irrespective of the hardware, processing of applications done on a client machine?If this is not possible, is it possible to include in the code a detection of when the timer becomes inaccurate and then further code to get it back on track to correct the inaccuracy?
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