Is it possible to create a countdown clock in asp?  I can do this in using

Jscript but I need the time to count down from the server and not the

client.



The intent is to have a page that will display a clock using the time on

the server and a stopwatch also using the time on the server that will

countdown by seconds to an event.  On the clock I would like to only

display the current time and on the stopwatch I would like to display

days, hours, minutes and seconds.



There are ubiquous Java examples using a countdown to y2k but they will

display the client time only.  I can find nothing except unanswered

requests (from several sites and newsgroups) on how to do this using asp

technology.  I need to use the server time so that no matter what time

zone the person accessing the page is in they will see an accurate

countdown until an event such as a live video broadcast.  I could use

multiple clocks or complex code to correct time zone differences to make

it work but was hoping for something simple (which somtimes is harder to

build it seems <grin>).



I appreciate ANY response to know if this is even possible using asp...



Thanks,

Jerry Mounce

jerry_mounce@m...

I don't know is this is what you intend but you could of course get the date

and the time from the server by the Date en Time functions in VBscript with

ASP and then use these values in client-sided javascript to create your

clock.



Gerhard Wentink



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From: "Jerry Mounce" <jerry_mounce@m...>

To: "ASP Web HowTo" <asp_web_howto@p...>

Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2000 4:25 AM

Subject: [asp_web_howto] Countdown





> Is it possible to create a countdown clock in asp?  I can do this in using

> Jscript but I need the time to count down from the server and not the

> client.

>

> The intent is to have a page that will display a clock using the time on

> the server and a stopwatch also using the time on the server that will

> countdown by seconds to an event.  On the clock I would like to only

> display the current time and on the stopwatch I would like to display

> days, hours, minutes and seconds.

>

> There are ubiquous Java examples using a countdown to y2k but they will

> display the client time only.  I can find nothing except unanswered

> requests (from several sites and newsgroups) on how to do this using asp

> technology.  I need to use the server time so that no matter what time

> zone the person accessing the page is in they will see an accurate

> countdown until an event such as a live video broadcast.  I could use

> multiple clocks or complex code to correct time zone differences to make

> it work but was hoping for something simple (which somtimes is harder to

> build it seems <grin>).

>

> I appreciate ANY response to know if this is even possible using asp...

>

> Thanks,

> Jerry Mounce

> jerry_mounce@m...

>