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Asked: 2026-05-26T23:23:28+00:00

Here is my problem. I am coding a website for a meeting hall. The

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Here is my problem. I am coding a website for a meeting hall. The client wants a countdown to the next meeting on the home page. I figured I would use The Jquery Countdown plugin on http://keith-wood.name/countdown.html as it has everything I need. But as the meeting hall has multiple meetings each day I need it to countdown to the next meeting on expiration. I know the dates and times of all the meetings each day but I don’t know how I can switch to the next meeting on expiration. Any thoughts?

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  1. Editorial Team

    This is not a 40Kb solution like the Keith Wood’s one. But, after 5 hours playing with code, I came up with this very versatile solution:

    <script type='text/javascript' src='jquery-1.5.1.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>

    function countDown(eventID) {
        var $this, h, m, s;
        $this = $('#event'+eventID);
        s = parseInt($this.text().substr(6),10);
        m = parseInt($this.text().substr(3,5),10);
        h = parseInt($this.text().substr(0,2),10);
        s--;
        m = (s < 0) ? --m : m;
        h = (m < 0) ? --h : h;
        if (h < 0) {
            $this.css('display','none');
            $this.parent().slideUp('slow');
            $this.parent().remove();
        }
        s = (s < 0) ? 59 : s;
        m = (m < 0) ? 59 : m;
        $this.text(((h < 10) ? '0'+h : h)+':'+((m < 10) ? '0'+m : m)+':'+((s < 10) ? '0'+s : s));
        setTimeout('countDown('+eventID+')',1000);
        $('.counter').first().show();
    }

    $(document).ready( function() {
        var eventID = 0; 
        $('#nextEvents div').each( function () {
            var nextEventH = parseInt($(this).text().substring(0,2),10);
            var nextEventM = parseInt($(this).text().substring(3,5),10);
            var nextEventS = $(this).text().substring(5,7);
            nextEventH = (nextEventS === 'PM') ? nextEventH + 12 : nextEventH;
            nextEventS = 0;
            var curTime = new Date();
            //curTime = curTime.getHours()+':'+curTime.getMinutes()+':'+curTime.getSeconds();
            nextEventH = Math.abs(nextEventH - curTime.getHours());
            nextEventH = (nextEventH < 10) ? '0'+nextEventH : nextEventH;
            nextEventM = Math.abs(nextEventM - curTime.getMinutes());
            nextEventM = (nextEventM < 10) ? '0'+nextEventM : nextEventM;
            nextEventS = Math.abs(nextEventS - curTime.getSeconds());
            nextEventS = (nextEventS < 10) ? '0'+nextEventS : nextEventS;
            $(this).append("<div class='counter' id='event"+eventID+"' style='display:none; "+
                "position:absolute; top:0; right:0; width:auto; height:auto; color:red; ' >"+
                nextEventH + ':' + nextEventM + ':' + nextEventS+"</div>");
            countDown(eventID);
            eventID++;
        });
    });

</script>

</head>

<body>
   <div id='wrapper' style='position:relative; width:600px; height:400px; background-color:#366; color:#EEE; ' >
    <div id='nextEvents' >
     <div style='position:relative; width:100%; display:block; ' >05:12AM - Meeting with department heads</div>
     <div style='position:relative; width:100%; display:block; ' >05:13AM - Meeting with Department of Finances</div>
     <div style='position:relative; width:100%; display;block; ' >05:14AM - Meeting with Human Resources</div>
    </div>
   </div>
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