MediaWiki:Common.js: Difference between revisions

var now = new Date();

var then = timers[i].eventdate;

var diff = Math.floor((then.getTime() - now.getTime()) / 1000);

// catch bad date strings

if (isNaN(diff)) {

timers[i].firstChild.nodeValue = '** ' + timers[i].eventdate + ' **';

return;

}

// reduce modulo period if necessary

if (timers[i].period > 0) {

if (diff < 0) diff = timers[i].period - ((-diff) % timers[i].period);

else diff = diff % timers[i].period;

}

// determine plus/minus

if (diff < 0) {

diff = -diff;

var tpm = ' ';

var tpm = ' ';

 

// a setInterval() is more efficient, but calling setTimeout()

// makes errors break the script rather than infinitely recurse

timeouts[i] = setTimeout('updatetimer(' + i + ')', 1000);

//hide 'nocountdown' and show 'countdown'

var nocountdowns = getElementsByClassName(document, 'span', 'nocountdown');

for (var i in nocountdowns) nocountdowns[i].style.display = 'none'

var countdowns = getElementsByClassName(document, 'span', 'countdown');

for (var i in countdowns) countdowns[i].style.display = 'inline'

//set up global objects timers and timeouts.

timers = getElementsByClassName(document, 'span', 'countdowndate');

timeouts = new Array(); // generic holder for the timeouts, global

if (timers.length == 0) return;

for (var i in timers) {

var str = timers[i].firstChild.nodeValue;

var j = str.indexOf('|');

if (j == -1) timers[i].period = 0;

timers[i].period = parseInt(str.substr(0, j));

timers[i].eventdate = new Date(str);

updatetimer(i); //start it up

}