Title: Help with Server Time using Recurring Timer Widget
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Help with Server Time using Recurring Timer Widget

 *  [TonyPino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tonypino/)
 * (@tonypino)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-server-time-using-recurring-timer-widget/)
 * We are using the recurring timer widget for our WordPress website and it works
   perfectly the way we want it to work. The only problem with it is that the countdown
   depends on the persons local time. How can I set a server time so that no matter
   what the local time on someones computer the countdown will end correctly.
 * **Here is the widget and below is basically his code.
    [WordPress Recurring Timer Widget WordPress Plugins](http://wordpress.org/plugins/recurring-timer-widget/)
 *     ```
       var RT_Widget;
           var rt_timers = [];
   
           function rt_update() {
           	setTimeout('rt_update()', 1000);
           	for ( var i = 0; i < rt_timers.length; i++ ) {
           		rt_timers[i].update();
           	}
           }
   
           (function($){
           	RT_Widget = function(start, end, start_next, css_class) {
   
           		this.update = function() {
           			var now = new Date();
           			//alert(now.toLocaleString());
   
           			if(now >= this.start && now < this.end) {
           				$(this.css_class + ' .rt-countdown').hide();
           				$(this.css_class + ' .rt-until').hide();
           				$(this.css_class + ' .rt-on').show();
           				return;
           			} else if(now > this.end) {
           				this.start = this.start_next;
           			}
   
           			//there is probably a better way to do this
           			var total = (this.start - now) / 1000; //remove millis
           			var days = parseInt(total / 60 / 60 / 24);
           			total -= days * 60 * 60 * 24; //remove days
           			var hours = parseInt(total / 60 / 60);
           			total -= hours * 60 * 60; //remove hours
           			var minutes = parseInt(total / 60);
           			total -= minutes * 60; //remove minutes
           			var seconds = parseInt(total);
   
           			$(this.css_class + ' .rt-on').hide();
           			$(this.css_class + ' .rt-days').html(days);
           			$(this.css_class + ' .rt-hours').html(hours);
           			$(this.css_class + ' .rt-minutes').html(minutes);
           			$(this.css_class + ' .rt-seconds').html(seconds);
           			$(this.css_class + ' .rt-countdown').show();
           			$(this.css_class + ' .rt-until').show();
           			$(this.css_class + ' .rt-event').show();
           		};
   
           		this.get_js_date = function(date_string) {
           			var date_millis = Date.parse(date_string);
           			if(isNaN(date_millis)) {
           				alert('Error parsing ' + date_string);
           			}
           			var date = new Date();
           			date.setTime(date_millis);
           			return date;
           		};
   
           		//constructor stuff
           		this.start = this.get_js_date( start );
           		this.end = this.get_js_date( end );
           		this.start_next = this.get_js_date( start_next );
           		this.css_class = '#' + css_class;
   
           	};
   
           	$(document).ready(function($) {
           		//kick it off, unless there's no widget(s)
           		if( $('.rt-content').length > 0 )
           			rt_update();
           	});
   
           }(jQuery));
       ```
   

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-server-time-using-recurring-timer-widget/#post-5041343)
 * Please post in [http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recurring-timer-widget](http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recurring-timer-widget)

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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-server-time-using-recurring-timer-widget/#post-5041343)
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