MediaWiki:Common.js

/* Any JavaScript here will be loaded for all users on every page load. */

// ************************************************** // Experimental javascript countdown timer (Splarka) // Version 0.0.2 // ************************************************** // Embed with a span class="countdowntimer", eg: // April 12 2008 00:00:01 AM EST // default replacement text can accompany, eg: *javascript required*

function updatetimer(i) { var now = new Date; var then = timers[i].eventdate; var diff = count=Math.floor((then.getTime-now.getTime)/1000);

// catch bad date strings if(isNaN(diff)) { timers[i].firstChild.nodeValue = '** ' + timers[i].eventdate + ' **' ; return; }

// catch negative dates if(diff<0) { diff = -diff; var left = 'ago since'; } else { var left = 'until'; }

// calcuate the diff left = (diff%60) + ' seconds ' + left; diff=Math.floor(diff/60); if(diff > 0) left = (diff%60) + ' minutes ' + left; diff=Math.floor(diff/60); if(diff > 0) left = (diff%24) + ' hours ' + left; diff=Math.floor(diff/24); if(diff > 0) left = diff + ' days ' + left timers[i].firstChild.nodeValue = left;

// a setInterval is more efficient, but calling setTimeout // makes errors break the script rather than infinitely recurse tim[i] = setTimeout('updatetimer(' + i + ')',1000); }

function checktimers { var untimers = getElementsByClassName(document, 'span', 'notimer'); for(var i=0;i < untimers.length; i++) { untimers[i].style.display = 'none'; } timers = getElementsByClassName(document, 'span', 'countdowntimer');  //global tim = new Array; // generic holder for the timeouts, global if(timers.length == 0) return; for(var i=0;i < timers.length; i++) { timers[i].eventdate = new Date(timers[i].firstChild.nodeValue); timers[i].firstChild.nodeValue = '0 days 0 hours 0 minutes 0 seconds'; timers[i].style.display = 'inline'; updatetimer(i); //start it up  } } addOnloadHook(checktimers)

// ************************************************** // - end -  Experimental javascript countdown timer // **************************************************