Quote from: bitbaby on April 03, 2015, 01:42:16 PM

@freedomno1 It looks great but I am having same problems with what Amph recommended earlier. Don't know how to make one, so if you could point to a simple tutorial how to do this, that would be great.

Sorry I wasn't checking for the last few days
I assume you meant how to set the clock (Otherwise refer to ndnhc's reply)

All you need to do is change the date time stamp
If you want it also does it by minute and hour hand as MZ noticed

http://seanja.com/secret/countdown/gif.php?time=2016-01-01
http://seanja.com/secret/countdown/gif.php?time=2015-09-30

Quote from: ndnhc on April 06, 2015, 06:08:41 AM

Hi, I tried using this for the DaDice campaign spreadsheet. But found that ~~this don't really work.~~ this updates only on reload.

It goes from just loops. Just a gif of 60 frames. Sad

Notice the screen for 2 minutes and you will know.

The problem is when it is put in a spreadsheet, I am sure, it just go on loooooping.

It reloads GIF images in a loop but for auctions each time you refresh the page the timer updates
So in general it works fairly well
At least a bit better than a static non updating image that only updates on a reload

There used to be an old discussion thread on auction clocks, the old popular one was onnit before it stopped working, but the code is the same for these type of clocks.

Since you might be interested can check out the GIT
https://gist.github.com/SeanJA/4159063
https://github.com/SeanJA/countdown-clock/tree/master
And the article explaining how it works
http://seanja.com/secret/countdown/

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13593420/countdown-timer-image-gif-in-email/13597274
https://github.com/videlalvaro/gifsockets

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Video gives an idea of how it looks in code
https://vimeo.com/49447841
It was not in Gifsockets but since avatars are back walk down memory lane lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKrOHAfMdxI