March 18th, 07': Script completely rewritten for multiple instances on the same page, plus ability to customize output via "oncountup" event handler.

Description: Display how much time has passed since an expired date with this rare script. It's sensitive to the second (ie "April 9, 2005 13:30:00"), and thanks to a custom "oncountup" event handler, you can control exactly the action to take each second as the script is counting up, most commonly, display the results inside a DIV.

Lets use it below to show how long "Prince Charles" has been married to Camilla Parker for:

Demo:  

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Directions

Step 1: Insert the below script into the HEAD section of your page:

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<style style="text/css"> .dcountstyle{ /*Example CSS to style count up output*/ font: bold 16px Arial; padding: 3px; } .dcountstyle sup{ /*Example CSS to style count up output*/ font-size: 90% } </style> <script type="text/javascript"> /*********************************************** * Dynamic CountUp script- (c) Dynamic Drive (http://www.dynamicdrive.com) * Please keep this notice intact * Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for this script and 100s more. ***********************************************/ function dcountup(startingdate, baseunit){ this.currentTime=new Date() this.startingdate=new Date(startingdate) this.timesup=false this.baseunit=baseunit this.start() } dcountup.prototype.oncountup=function(){} //default action for "oncountup" dcountup.prototype.start=function(){ var thisobj=this this.currentTime.setSeconds(this.currentTime.getSeconds()+1) var timediff=(this.currentTime-this.startingdate)/1000 //difference btw target date and current date, in seconds var oneMinute=60 //minute unit in seconds var oneHour=60*60 //hour unit in seconds var oneDay=60*60*24 //day unit in seconds var dayfield=Math.floor(timediff/oneDay) var hourfield=Math.floor((timediff-dayfield*oneDay)/oneHour) var minutefield=Math.floor((timediff-dayfield*oneDay-hourfield*oneHour)/oneMinute) var secondfield=Math.floor((timediff-dayfield*oneDay-hourfield*oneHour-minutefield*oneMinute)) if (this.baseunit=="hours"){ //if base unit is hours, set "hourfield" to be topmost level hourfield=dayfield*24+hourfield dayfield="n/a" } else if (this.baseunit=="minutes"){ //if base unit is minutes, set "minutefield" to be topmost level minutefield=dayfield*24*60+hourfield*60+minutefield dayfield=hourfield="n/a" } else if (this.baseunit=="seconds"){ //if base unit is seconds, set "secondfield" to be topmost level var secondfield=timediff dayfield=hourfield=minutefield="n/a" } var result={days: dayfield, hours:hourfield, minutes:minutefield, seconds:secondfield} this.oncountup(result) setTimeout(function(){thisobj.start()}, 1000) //update results every second } </script>

Step 2: Then, add the below sample count up code to the BODY of your page to see how to initialize the script:

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<div id="cpcontainer">&nbsp;</div> <script type="text/javascript"> //SYNTAX: myvariable=new dcountup(past_date_and_time_string, "baseunit") var princewedding=new dcountup("April 9, 2005 13:30:00", "days") princewedding.oncountup=function(result){ //result is an object containing the current count up date/time, updated every second //Available properties: result["days"], result["hours"], result["minutes"], and result["seconds"] var mycountainer=document.getElementById("cpcontainer") mycountainer.innerHTML="Prince Charles and Camilla Parker have been married for: <br /><span class='dcountstyle'>"+result['days']+" ^days "+result['hours']+" ^hours "+result['minutes']+" ^minutes "+result['seconds']+" ^seconds</span>" } </script>

The code of Step 2 shows you how to create a count up. First, call the dcount() function:

//SYNTAX: myvariable=new dcountup(past_date_and_time_string, "baseunit")
var princewedding=new dcountup("April 9, 2005 13:30:00", "days")

It accepts the following two parameters:

• past_date_and_time_string: A string containing the complete count up date and time using the format: "April 9, 2005 13:30:00". As you can see, the time is in military (24 hour) format.

• baseunit (string): The top level unit to count up using. Valid values are "days", "hours", "minutes", or "seconds." If you enter "hours", for example, the script will count the number of hours, minutes, and seconds left until the event, instead of starting at days.

Once you've called dcountup(), the script begins counting up, though no results are shown. It's up to you to tell the script exactly what to do as each second passes, using the "oncountup" event handler of the script instance:

princewedding.oncountup=function(result){
  //Define action to take as script counts up each second
  //Available properties: result["days"], result["hours"], result["minutes"], and result["seconds"]
}

Whatever code you define inside this event handler will be run every second as the script ticks away!

The lone parameter "result" gives you access to the days, hours, minutes, and seconds that together add up to the amount of time that has passed. Each component is accessed via:

• result["days"]
• result["hours"]
• result["minutes"] and
• result["seconds"]

inside your custom function, respectively. So with that said, here's how you might display the results of a countup in an arbitrary DIV on the page:

<div id="cpcontainer">&nbsp;</div>

<script type="text/javascript">

princewedding.oncountup=function(result){
  var mycountainer=document.getElementById("cpcontainer")
  mycountainer.innerHTML="Prince Charles and Camilla Parker have been married for:"+ result['days']+" days "+result['hours']+" hours "+result['minutes']+" minutes "+result['seconds']+" seconds"
}

</script>

It's up to you to customize the action to take "oncountup" based on what you wish to do and obviously your knowledge of JavaScript in general. If you take a look at the code of Step 2, you'll see I've formatted the results using tags such as <span> and <sup>.