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Question: change time so that it will countdown to an event

changing the actual time       1 (33.3%) changing the time by other route       2 (66.7%) Total votes: 3 « Created by: jjmatthews on: Oct 12th, 2009, 5:06am »

jjmatthews YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 2	change time so that it will countdown to an event Oct 12th, 2009, 5:06am   i have just started using processing at university and i was just wondering if you could change time so that it will countdown to a certain event?

PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)

Re: change time so that it will countdown to an event Reply #1 - Oct 12th, 2009, 6:00am   Well, the time is the same for us all (alas), flowing at the rate of 60 seconds per minute. I don't see how you can change it, except perhaps with a DeLorean and some lightening bolts...   Seriously, I don't see what you are meaning. But there are a number of countdown timers on the forum, perhaps they can get you started.

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jjmatthews YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 2	Re: change time so that it will countdown to an event Reply #2 - Oct 12th, 2009, 7:30am   thanks, what i am wanting to do is to set the countdown going and let it countdown to an event that i specify so for example it counts down in hours, minutes and seconds to when the football premiership finishes.

Cedric YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1838	Re: change time so that it will countdown to an event Reply #3 - Oct 12th, 2009, 7:41am   You want this : http://evan-roth.com/michael-jackson-public-domain-countdown.php source code is available for download there too
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ben_hem Senior Member Offline Posts: 399 CA, US

Re: change time so that it will countdown to an event Reply #4 - Oct 12th, 2009, 7:52am   PhilLo, his question will still be here when he comes back to the present :P Quote: println(year() + ", " + month() + ", " + day() + ", " + hour() +":" + minute() + ":" + second() + ":" + millis()); Those are all ints, which you can track using relational operators (==, >, <, <=, >=)...or display in terms of ( targetDay - day() )