Help with countdown jquery script to accept unix timestamp as input

Question

I try to modify the keith-wood countdown timer to accept a future unix timestamp and hide the days.

To hide the days you use $('#noDays').countdown({until: liftoffTime, format: 'HMS'}); as the example at http://keith-wood.name/countdown.html under the tab Formats1 says.

I didn't manage yet to make it work. How to modify the code to get a unix timestamp as input and hide the days?

Standard timer

<script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {
    var austDay = new Date();
    austDay = new Date(austDay.getFullYear() + 1, 1 - 1, 26);
    $('#defaultCountdown').countdown({until: austDay});
    $('#year').text(austDay.getFullYear());
});

</script>

My try to have as input a unix timestamp (does not work)

<script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {
    var austDay = new Date();
    austDay = new Date(<?php echo $unixtimestamp; ?>*1000);
    $('#defaultCountdown').countdown({until: austDay});
    $('#year').text(austDay.getFullYear());
});

</script>

jeroen · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-19 14:23:50Z

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You can use the setTime() function:

var austDay = new Date();
austDay.setTime(<?php echo $unixtimestamp * 1000; ?>);

Edit: added * 1000 to go from unix timestamp to javascript timestamp...

edited Aug 19, 2011 at 14:23

answered Aug 19, 2011 at 14:18

jeroen

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3 Comments

EnexoOnoma Over a year ago

I tried it with no result but when I added *1000 it worked.

jeroen Over a year ago

@JPampos Oops, sorry, you're right, unix timestamps are in seconds and javascript timestamps are in milliseconds...

EnexoOnoma Over a year ago

Thanks for this, I managed to fix the second part from your reply.

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