New Countdown To Kickoff 2015 Website

[cjl2625]

Nice, I'll be checking this frequently.
I like watching the milliseconds fly by

[devg29]

i am putting this on my favorites bar

[Bryce Paputa]

http://imgur.com/fBpIAup

Here's a screenshot of my countdown, it's just stored locally on my computer and set to my home screen. Clicking on the portal area expands it to take up the entire area. I can post the code if anyone wants, but it probably won't work perfectly on very many browsers.

[Bryce Paputa]

Mine is set to 10am EST. I think this is the broadcast time, but I never actually looked it up. Really the hours and minutes are just for show.

[Team118Joseph]

The broadcast starts at 10:30 EST and 9:30 CST
That is 142029900 in epoch seconds for the software

[Bryce Paputa]

Originally Posted by Team118Joseph

The broadcast starts at 10:30 EST and 9:30 CST
That is 142029900 in epoch seconds for the software

Thanks, with javascript you can just enter it in year, month, day, hour, minute, second, millisecond format instead of calculating the time in seconds.

[Team118Joseph]

I decided to use the milliseconds and convert it over with this code

                var d = new Date();
		var time_until = (kickoff_date - d.getTime());
		var days = Math.floor(time_until/86400000);
		time_until = time_until%86400000
		var hours = Math.floor(time_until/3600000);
		time_until = time_until%3600000
		var minutes = Math.floor(time_until/60000);
		time_until = Math.floor(time_until%60000);
		var seconds = Math.floor(time_until/1000);
		var milliseconds = Math.floor(time_until%1000);

[Bryce Paputa]

				var kickoff = new Date(2015, 0, 3, 10, 30, 0, 0)
					var diff = kickoff - new Date()
					var d = Math.floor(diff/1000.0/60.0/60.0/24.0)
					diff -= d * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24
					var h = Math.floor(diff/1000.0/60.0/60.0)
					diff -= h * 1000 * 60 * 60
					var m = Math.floor(diff/1000.0/60.0)
					diff -= m * 1000 * 60
					var s = Math.floor(diff/1000)
					dDiv.innerHTML = d
					hDiv.innerHTML = h
					mDiv.innerHTML = m
					sDiv.innerHTML = s
					document.title = d + " Days Until Kickoff"

Here's how I did it, just a little bit easier to read and modify. The -= vs %= difference for the calculation is interesting.

[Team118Joseph]

The %= is modulus equal. Its used to get the remainder of the division. I use it to get the leftover hours, minutes, ext. then use that for the next equation. Once you start using modulus its hard to stop .

[Bryce Paputa]

Originally Posted by Team118Joseph

The %= is modulus equal. Its used to get the remainder of the division. I use it to get the leftover hours, minutes, ext. then use that for the next equation.

Of course, it's just interesting that we did the exact same calculation differently.

[Team118Joseph]

I was also wondering if anyone had some cool robot pictures I could use for the background. I was thinking of either having the page choose a random robot background or showing a robot of the day.

[waialua359]

Im not creating a link to this!
Everytime I see one of these, I cringe at how little days left we have before the 6 weeks of hell.

[Calvin Hartley]

Originally Posted by Team118Joseph

I was also wondering if anyone had some cool robot pictures I could use for the background. I was thinking of either having the page choose a random robot background or showing a robot of the day.

(I'm no website builder, so I don't know how complicated this would be, but here's an idea)
Could you make it reference CD media? I believe that's how The Blue Alliance gets photos (correct me if I'm wrong). Showing a daily random or predetermined lineup would be cool.