Trouble with date method...

budman · May 25th, 2004, 09:27 AM

I'm having a bit of trouble with the date method. What I'm trying to do is write some script that counts down to 5pm on the current day. If you can take a look at it and let me know what I'm doing wrong, that would be great. Thanks!

Code:

<html>
<title>OH MY GOD! When Will it end!?!?!</title>
<head>
<script LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--

var now = new Date();
var seconds = 60 - getSeconds();
var minutes = 60 - getMinutes();
var hours = 17 - getHours();
ID=window.setTimeout("update();", 1000);

function update() {
now = new Date();
seconds = 60 - getSeconds();
seconds = Math.round(seconds);
minutes = 60 - getMinutes();
minutes = Math.round(minutes);
hours = 17 - getHours();
hours = Math.round(hours);
document.form1.hours.value = hours;
document.form1.minutes.value = minutes;
document.form1.seconds.value = seconds;
ID=window.setTimeout("update();",1000);
}
// --></script>
</head>
<body bgcolor=blue>

<p>Countdown To 5:00 pm today: </p>
<form name="form1"><p>

 Hours 
<input type="text" name="hours" value="0" size="4"> Minutes <input type="text" name="minutes" value="0"
size="7"> Seconds <input type="text" name="seconds" value="0" size="7"> </p>
</form>

</body>
</html>

Snib · May 25th, 2004, 09:52 AM

Are you getting any errors?

Also, I don't think you can just call functions like getSeconds(). Such functions are methods specific to Date() values.

Try replacing getMinutes() with now.getMinutes() and same with getSeconds() and getHours().

HTH,

Snib

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budman · May 25th, 2004, 10:04 AM

That was it! It wasn't working because I didn't have now.get~ . Thanks Snib!