Question

I tried to change the date format of this countdown jQuery script from local time to UTC, but it doesn’t work after my change. I even asked there but didn’t get an answer.

<script>
    $(function(){
        var note = $('#note'),
        ts = new Date.UTC(2012, 0, 1),

        $('#countdown').countdown({
            timestamp: ts,
            callback: function(days, hours, minutes, seconds) {
                var message = "";
                message += days + " day" + ", ";
                message += hours + " hour"  + ", ";
                message += minutes + " minutes"  + " & ";
                message += seconds + " seconds" + " <br />";
                message += "time left";         
                note.html(message);
            }
        });
    });
</script>

I have changed this :

ts = new Date(2012, 0, 1),

into

ts = new Date.UTC(2012, 0, 1),

Answer 1

You have some errors in this script:

1) ...e.UTC(2012, 0, 1), should end with ;

2) Date.UTC is not a constructor. Try: new Date(Date.UTC(2012, 0, 1));

further reading: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/UTC