MMM-doomsDay - The countdown module,

[bminer1]

Having an issue with the “toWhat” sticking.
I can not get it to change from “Leaving for Paris!”. See my code below:

{
module: ‘MMM-doomsDay’,
position: ‘bottom_right’, // This can be any of the regions, best results in center regions
config: {
doomsDay: “2017-05-07 24:00:00”, // YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS, Do not alter the time, just the date
ToWhat: ‘Joeys Wedding in TN!’,
updateInterval: 1 * 3600000,
singular: ‘more day!’, // what it should say when it’s only one day left, default is Day Left
plural: ‘more days’, // what it should say when it’s more days left, default is Days Left
// See ‘Configuration options’ for more information.
}
},

[broberg]

@bminer1

It’s case sensitive

toWhat not ToWhat

[bminer1]

Thanks! It worked but that was copied and pasted from GitHub. May want to make the change.

[bminer1]

Also, is there a way to add multiple count downs to the one module or do you duplicate the module with every countdown?

[broberg]

@bminer1 nice catch, the example was wrong, somehow I missed that!
(it’s correct in the Configuration list however)

Multiple instances in the config is the way to go at the moment,

[mydiva]

It is possible to make instead of just days, weeks and days left? Thanks guys

[mydiva]

I did it by myself, thank you anyway for the great module.

[noelandrews]

Hi all,
Bringing an old thread back up, just installed and got this module activated. I think I’ve done it correctly as per github but its not working. It just displays the ‘finished’ message the death and despair bit.

Can anyone tell me what silly obvious thing I’ve done wrong? Config in the pic below
Thanks
Noel

[justjim1220]

@noelandrews

try removing the comma at the end of the ‘toWhat’ line

[Mykle1]

@noelandrews said in MMM-doomsDay - The countdown module,:

Can anyone tell me what silly obvious thing I’ve done wrong?

Your config looks fine. I just installed and ran the module without a problem, duplicating your config entry. Are you sure you saved the config after having made the entry or that you are not working a second config? I’ve done that plenty of times.

Here is a screenshot of the module working with your config

{
    module: 'MMM-doomsDay',
    position: 'bottom_center', // This can be any of the regions, best results in center regions
    config: {
        doomsDay: "2019-07-22 24:00:00", // YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS, Do not alter the time, just the date
        toWhat: "Leaving for the USA!",
        
        // See 'Configuration options' for more information.
    }
},

If it continues to give you trouble, you could try https://github.com/mykle1/MMM-EventHorizon which does basically the same thing, with a few more options, as well as a working countdown timer.

[noelandrews]

Thanks guys, very weird. The config is exactly as you have copied straight from github. I’ll give Event Horizon a shot.
Thanks

[zdenek]

hi all
is there way how to countdown to repeating annivesary? smthg like

config: {
        doomsDay: "XXXX-12-24 24:00:00", // YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS, Do not alter the time, just the date
        toWhat: "X-MASS",
        
        // See 'Configuration options' for more information.
    }

? for x-mass (for kids), marriage anniversary, yearly TAX payment…

thanks,
Zdeněk

[doubleT]

@zdenek Even though I think it’s possible with a few changes to the code, I don’t think this would fit the scope of this module, which is to manually set a countdown to one specific event (noteven a few, right?) but not for a whole list of calendar dates.

Even if the code ignores the year and just always shows the next event, does it make sense to have it display “364 days left” right the next day?

Anyway, if you want to do that, I’d suggest adding:

    doomsDay: "2018-12-24 24:00:00",
    yearlyEvent: true,
    toWhat: "X-Mass"

The most simple simple change to the code would be to add this at line 48:

if (this.config.yearlyEvent && daysLeft < = 0) {
    var diff = now.getFullYear() - doomsday.getFullYear();
    // update doomsday:
    doomsDay.setFullYear(d.getFullYear() + diff);
    // calculate again:
    timeparser = Date.parse(doomsDay) - Date.parse(now);
    daysLeft = Math.floor(timeparser/(1000*60*60*24));
}

(remove the space between “< =” … )
I didn’t test this, though, (and I don’t recommend it).

[zdenek]

@doublet thanks, but this module seems to be easier way :-) anway, thanks a lot

Zdeněk

[ChrizZz]

Is it possible to add more than 1 event and the module switches between the events with fade in and fade out?

[A Former User]

@ChrizZz
See https://github.com/eouia/MMM-CountEvents It could be done with group feature.

[MajorC]

Hello,

first of all thank you for the great modules. I am currently using it to display the time until my vacation.

Since I speak German, I made a few changes in the code. But these are lost after an update and I copy & paste them back. Is there a better way to make these changes than fiddling around in the code?

I change:

ORIGINAL: headerD.innerHTML = this.config.toWhat + "</br>";
MY:       headerD.innerHTML = this.config.toWhat;

ORIGINAL: timeLeft.innerHTML = daysLeft + " " + this.config.singular;
MY:       timeLeft.innerHTML = this.config.singular;

ORIGINAL: timeLeft.innerHTML = daysLeft + " " + this.config.plural;
MY:       timeLeft.innerHTML = " noch " + daysLeft + " " + this.config.plural;