MMM-EventHorizon

Hein-Jan

It feels like the timer is not indicating the correct time. It is set for 09:00:00. Current time is 21:40. Count down says we still have 17 hrs and 19 minutes to go. I think it should be 11 hrs and 21 minutes.
I am on Central European time. Could that be a contributing factor? Does the module vector in time-zone influences?

Hein-Jan

Mykle1

@hein-jan

It never dawned on me that the timezsone was specific to the url being used in the module. The url itself is rather cryptic so I can’t determine what part is responsible for the timezone. Thus, I can’t make an option for timezones, unless someone wants to help determine that for me.

I have a work around if you are interested. You can go to https://www.timeanddate.com/clocks/freecountdown.html and create your own timer. You will be given a url when you are done. That url can be inserted into your copy of the module, with some minor modification and it will work.

This problem arises because the module is simply in an iFrame and not data from an API

Mykle1

@hein-jan said in MMM-EventHorizon:

I am on Central European time.

I went and got a url for Central European time. Replace line 41 in the MMM-EventHorizon.js file with the following line.

iframe.src = "http://free.timeanddate.com/countdown/i6f8ps4b/n48/cf12/cm0/cu4/ct0/cs0/ca0/cr0/ss0/cac0ff/cpc0ff/pc000/tcfff/fs100/szw320/szh135/tat" + this.config.text1 + "/tac0ff/tpt" + this.config.endText1 + "/tpc0ff/mat" + this.config.text2 + "/mpt" + this.config.endText2 + "/mpc0ff/iso" + this.config.date + "T" + this.config.time;

This will only work when these two config.js options are as follows:

module: 'MMM-EventHorizon',
            position: 'bottom_left',
            config: {
                size: "medium", // small, medium or large
                countUp: "yes", // yes or no (count up after timer is done)

The other config options will work as intended

Hein-Jan

Mykle1

Thanks for your reply and confirming that it is a time-zone issues.
Instead of messing around with the code, I think I will simply off-set my event deadline time.
That way I am at least robust against updates.
Thanks for the work with the CET link.

Hein-Jan

Mykle1

@hein-jan

You could do that or you could make it your own. Feel free to make any edits that please you. Ah, the beauty of open source. :-) Have fun.

Mykle1

Update:

[card:mykle1/MMM-EventHorizon]

Version 1.0.1

Thanks to @spitzlbergerj for taking the initiative here. He posted an issue at the repo which included the modificatons so I wanted him to get the credit and my thanks.

Now you can color text line by line AND use any city you like as the timezone.

git pull or install as per the readme

Mykle1

Update:

[card:mykle1/MMM-EventHorizon]

Version update 1.0.2

Added an option for unit designation

No units
D H M S
Day Hr Min Sec
Days Hrs Mins Secs
Days Hours Minutes Seconds (Full names)

Example of option 1 and 2

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swvalenti

@Mykle1 Any way to add years to this? I retire in 2515 days, but would like to know years then days. HA! I keep having to fn pull out the calculator to convert.

Thanks ahead if this can be done!

Regards, Scott

Mykle1

@swvalenti

Scott,

I’m terribly sorry but this module doesn’t use a conventional api data source which would have allowed me to do the computations on the data. Thus, converting all those days to years. It’s simply using an iFrame and tapping in to this web site. You can see on the site that “days” is not an option. My apologies.

Peace!

Mykle1

@swvalenti

Hey Scott,

You could try this module. It shows just the days remaining.

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/1846/mmm-doomsday-the-countdown-module