but how do I set the time as "55:11:22"? right now I only managed to set the current date with Date() and then reduce a second every second with Timer() - but what you're saying that this won't be accurate? What I'm trying to do is when the user enters the application create a countdown clock which will update every second.
On Aug 12, 6:26 pm, Ian Bambury <[email protected]> wrote: > Assuming the user sets a time to elapse and then presses 'Go', you need to > work out the time the countdown will expire, then set a recurring timer to > check the difference (you'll get this in milliseconds) then display the > difference in whatever format you choose. > You need to work to an end time rather than have a timer tick every second > and knock a second off the total. This is because the timer is not accurate > - it depends on when the computer decides to give the browser a time-slice, > and that depends on the computer loading and priorities and interrupts and > so on. Over longer periods you can get quite an error margin. > > You also need to set the Timer() you use to recur quite often, probably > about every 100ms or the display won't click over evenly. If you set it to > 1000ms for example, every so often you will skip the displaying of one of > the seconds. > > Ian > > http://examples.roughian.com > > 2009/8/12 Charlie <[email protected]> > > > > > > > Hey > > > I've been trying to create a custom countdown timer, and for some > > reason I can't find a way of createing a custom clock > > for example "55:22:11" meaning 55 hours 22 minutes 11 seconds and when > > the seconds are over it retracts from the minutes and the same for > > hours.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
