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August 12th, 2004, 05:34 AM

Alicia

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create timer

Hi guys,

I want to offer something to my clients for a limited time only and i want to let them know the time left before the promotion end... assuming that the last day for the offer is 20 of aug 2004, how can I set a program so that we can tell people how many days and hours left for them to take action?

i tried js but it doesn't seem to work coz the js will only runs when people load the page and the timer will shows different time on other computers if they access different time.. i want all people to view the same time left no matter where and when they view it,,, something like the timer auction websites have.

please advise..

August 12th, 2004, 06:35 AM

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PHP Code:


		
			
 $enddate = mkdate(0,0,0,8,20,2004);  #enddate of action, is variable so you can easily get it from a database or so.



$curdate = mkdate();   #current date



$diff = $enddate - $curdate;



$diffdays = floor($diff/86400);   #get days to end of action

$diffhours = round(($diff%86400)/3600);   #get hours to end of action

Hope this helps

PS: If you like that more, you can use the strtotime() function instead of mktime:

PHP Code:


		
			
 $enddate = strtotime("20 aug 2004");

You should however first test whether strtotime() accepts your string format.

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