Date and Time

[w.brants]

The previous php file I posted returned the GMT time. If you want it to return local time, use this PHP file named servertime.php instead

<? echo time() + date("Z") ; ?>

You can check if it works by viewing the file you uploaded to the server in your webbrowser. It should display a numeric value.

Modified ActionScript code to use the server time for a countdown

ServertimeUrl = 'servertime.php?' + 1 * new Date();
addToTimer = 0;

lv = new LoadVars();
lv.onData = function(v) {
 if (v != undefined) {
  addToTimer = 1000 * v - getTimer();
 }
}
lv.load(ServertimeUrl);

oneHour = 3600000;

onEnterFrame = function() {
 if (addToTimer) {

  serverTime = getTimer() + addToTimer;
  zeroHundred = 86400000 * Math.floor(serverTime / 86400000);
  todayEightAM = zeroHundred + 8 * oneHour;
  todayTenAM = zeroHundred + 10 * oneHour;
  tomorrowEightAM = zeroHundred + 32 * oneHour;

  if (serverTime < todayEightAM) {
   remaining = todayEightAM - serverTime; // offer that started yesterday
  } else if (serverTime > todayTenAM) {
   remaining = tomorrowEightAM - serverTime; // offer that started today
  } else {
   remaining = 0; // no offer at this time
  }

  if (remaining){

   remainingSeconds = Math.floor(remaining / 1000);
   remainingMinutes = Math.floor(remainingSeconds / 60);
   remainingHours = Math.floor(remainingMinutes / 60);
   remainingSeconds -= remainingMinutes * 60;
   remainingMinutes -= remainingHours * 60;
   
   txt1.text = 'Countdown : ' + remainingHours + 'h ';
   txt1.text += remainingMinutes + 'm ' + remainingSeconds + 's';

  } else {
   txt1.text = 'No offer at this time'; 
  }

 }
}