On Mon 16 May 2005 23:22, Ciaran O'Riordan wrote:
Can someone tell me the javascript/whatever code needed for a webpage to display "There are X days until the second reading", where "X" is the number?
Just that text string, nothing fancy.
<script type="text/javascript"> millisecs_left = (new Date("June 1 2005")) - (new Date()); document.write( "There are " + Math.floor( millisecs_left/1000/60/60/24 ) + " days until the second reading." ); </script>
It's been a long time since I used JavaScript so I am not sure how browsers will handle the above "condensed code". The following might be safer:
<script type="text/javascript"> now = new Date(); deadline = new Date("July 1 2005"); millisecs_left = deadline - now; days_left = Math.floor( ( ( (millisecs_left/1000) /60) / 60) / 24 ); document.write( "There are " + days_left + " days until the second reading." ); </script>
I've tested and it works but YMMV.
Regards, Barry O'Donovan http://www.barryodonovan.com/