var sec = 0;
function pad ( val ) { return val > 9 ? val : "0" + val; }
setInterval( function(){
$("#seconds").html(pad(++sec%60));
$("#minutes").html(pad(parseInt(sec/60,10)));
}, 1000);
var sec = 0;
function pad ( val ) { return val > 9 ? val : "0" + val; }
setInterval( function(){
document.getElementById("seconds").innerHTML=pad(++sec%60);
document.getElementById("minutes").innerHTML=pad(parseInt(sec/60,10));
}, 1000);
I had to create a timer for teachers grading students' work. Here's one I used which is entirely based on elapsed time since the grading begun by storing the system time at the point that the page is loaded, and then comparing it every half second to the system time at that point:
var startTime = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000); //Get the starting time (right now) in seconds
localStorage.setItem("startTime", startTime); // Store it if I want to restart the timer on the next page
function startTimeCounter() {
var now = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000); // get the time now
var diff = now - startTime; // diff in seconds between now and start
var m = Math.floor(diff / 60); // get minutes value (quotient of diff)
var s = Math.floor(diff % 60); // get seconds value (remainder of diff)
m = checkTime(m); // add a leading zero if it's single digit
s = checkTime(s); // add a leading zero if it's single digit
document.getElementById("idName").innerHTML = m + ":" + s; // update the element where the timer will appear
var t = setTimeout(startTimeCounter, 500); // set a timeout to update the timer
}
function checkTime(i) {
if (i < 10) {i = "0" + i}; // add zero in front of numbers < 10
return i;
}
startTimeCounter();
This way, it really doesn't matter if the 'setTimeout' is subject to execution delays, the elapsed time is always relative the system time when it first began, and the system time at the time of update.
The padStart() method pads the current string with another string (repeated, if needed) so that the resulting string reaches the given length. The padding is applied from the start (left) of the current string.