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How to synchronise a timer for everyone client

I have a working timer, but it runs from 25 seg every time who the website is visited by a client, I want to synchronise it. F.E. if i visit my webpage in mY Pc, and when it show 15seg left, i visit it from other pc and i want it to show 15 left too.
function timerr(){
var initial = 25000;
var count = initial;
var counter;
var initialMillis;
function timer() {
if (count <= 0) {
clearInterval(counter);
return;
}
var current = Date.now();
count = count - (current - initialMillis);
initialMillis = current;
displayCount(count);
function displayCount(count) {
var res = count / 1000;
if (res<0.1){
document.getElementById("timer").innerHTML = "";
}
else{
tiempo = res.toPrecision(count.toString().length);
tiempo_corto = tiempo.slice(0,-1);
document.getElementById("timer").innerHTML = tiempo_corto;
}
}
clearInterval(counter);
initialMillis = Date.now();
counter = setInterval(timer, 10);
}

If you want everyone to have the same timer count down every 25 seconds and stop at the exact same time, then you can simply use timestamps to keep everything in sync. Here's an example countdown timer that'll restart every 6 seconds (from 5 to 0) and will hit zero at the exact same time for everyone (unless their computer clock is off).
const timerElement = document.getElementById('timer')
const TIMER_DURATION = 6
function step() {
const timestamp = Date.now() / 1000
const timeLeft = (TIMER_DURATION - 1) - Math.round(timestamp) % TIMER_DURATION
timerElement.innerText = timeLeft
const timeCorrection = Math.round(timestamp) - timestamp
setTimeout(step, timeCorrection*1000 + 1000)
}
step()
<p id="timer"></p> seconds
Try it - open this page up in two different tabs and run it. This is set up to automatically account for the fact that setTimeout doesn't always trigger at the delay you asked it to do so (it'll adjust the next setTimeout with a timeCorrection value to correct these issues).
The basic principle is that we're getting the current timestamp and modding it by the amount of time we want this timer to last (6 seconds in the above example). This value will always be the same for everyone, and will always be a number that ranges from 0 to 5. It will also be a number that counts up every second (which is why we then subtract (TIMER_DURATION - 1) from it, to cause the number to count down instead).

Javascript/Moment - Issue with generating time slots

I am trying to generate time slots with a gap of 15min between each one, like the following :
["15:30", "15:45", "16:00", "16:15"...]
So far, I managed to make it. However, if the current time is 15:25 (just an example) the generated array will start from 15:30 what I need instead (in this case) to generate time slots starting from 16:00 meaning that only the first time slot should be approximately away 30 min from the current time.
Currently, I have the following code :
//Used momentJS library
function getTimeStops(end) {
var roundedUp, startTime, endTime, timeStops;
roundedUp = Math.ceil(moment().utc().minute() / 30) * 30;
startTime = moment().utc().set({
minute: roundedUp
});
endTime = moment(end, 'HH:mm');
if (endTime.isBefore(startTime)) {
endTime.add(1, 'day');
}
timeStops = [];
while (startTime <= endTime) {
timeStops.push(new moment(startTime).format('HH:mm'));
startTime.add(15, 'minutes');
}
return timeStops;
}
var timeStops = getTimeStops('02:00');
console.log('timeStops ', timeStops);

You're rounding to the nearest half hour here:
roundedUp = Math.ceil(moment().utc().minute() / 30) * 30;
Round to the nearest hour instead:
roundedUp = Math.ceil(moment().utc().minute() / 60) * 60;
Edit: just realised that the above is wrong and doesn't actually answer your question.
You do need to change your roundedUp value though.
What you need to do is:
Add 30 minutes to the current time
Round it to the closest 15 minute interval
That way - at most - you'll be 7.5 minutes out.
So for step 1, add 30 minutes
var add30mins = moment.utc().add(30, 'minutes')
Now we need to find the closest 15 minute interval.
var roundTo15Mins = Math.round(add30Mins.minute() / 15) * 15;
Then you can plug that into your startTime.
HTH

Making a min:sec counter using javascript

I am trying to make a small question/answer quiz game using react, and I want to show a timer that counts down every second. Each game will last 10, 15, or 30 minutes at most, so I want to show a timer that updates every second in the bottom of the screen (in big font, of course!), something like 15:00, 14:59, 14:58, and so on until it hits 00:00.
So, given a start time such as 2016-04-25T08:00:00Z, and an end time after adding 15 min of 2016-04-25T08:15:00Z, I want to start the countdown.
My issue is that I am not understanding how to use setIntervals to keep calling my method to find the remaining time.
timeLeft = Math.round(timeLeft/1000) * 1000;
const timer = new Date(timeLeft);
return timer.getUTCMinutes() + ':' + timer.getUTCSeconds();

EDIT: You've edited your question. You will need the time padding, and the method below will be faster than what you are using, but to answer your question about setInterval:
First, define your function to run your timer and decrement each time it's called:
var timeLeft; // this is the time left
var elem; // DOM element where your timer text goes
var interval = null; // the interval pointer will be stored in this variable
function tick() {
timeLeft = Math.round(timeLeft / 1000) * 1000;
const timer = new Date(timeLeft);
var time = timer.getUTCMinutes() + ':' + timer.getUTCSeconds();
elem.innerHTML = time;
timeLeft -= 1000; // decrement one second
if (timeLeft < 0) {
clearInterval(interval);
}
}
interval = setInterval(tick, 1000);
OG Answer:
No, I do not believe there is a built-in way to display time differences.
Let's say you have two date objects:
var start = Date.now();
var end = Date.now() + 15 * 60 * 1000; // 15 minutes
Then you can subtract the two Date objects to get a number of milliseconds between them:
var diff = (end - start) / 1000; // difference in seconds
To get the number of minutes, you take diff and divide it by 60 and floor that result:
var minutes = Math.floor(diff / 60);
To get the number of seconds, you take the modulus to get the remainder after the minutes are removed:
var seconds = diff % 60;
But you want these two padded by zeros, so to do that, you convert to Strings and check if they are two characters long. If not, you prepend a zero:
// assumes num is a whole number
function pad2Digits(num) {
var str = num.toString();
if (str.length === 1) {
str = '0' + str;
}
return str;
}
var time = pad2Digits(minutes) + ':' + pad2Digits(seconds);
Now you have the time in minutes and seconds.

Javascript compare 2 dates and result must be setTimeout() Method in ms

I'm trying to compare to 2 dates by hour/minutes/seconds, in order to make a script to resume a script when closed. If current time is pass closed time + interval ( currently set at 30 minutes) should execute and run the script normally, if not wait till difference timeouts to execute.
Current hour/minutes/seconds is not a must but the result should be in ms interval
Example:
interval = (30 * 60 * 1000)
close time = 15:10:53
current time = 15:15:29
close time + interval = 15:40:53
first time I check if `current time` <= `close time + interval`
then calculate `difference`
`difference` = (close time + interval = 15:40:53) - (current time = 15:15:29)
Result should be setTimeout(function(){ alert("Hello"); }, time difference);
The only way I'm thinking of doing this is calculate each difference from Hour,Minutes,Seconds and then finding out the ms for setTimeout
I tried but results were weird, not something that would count as smaller than 30min
var ONE_S = 1000 ;
var timeDiff = Math.abs(closeTime - currentTime);
var diffS = Math.round(timeDiff/ONE_S)

Use Date objects and compare timestamps like so:
var interval = 30 * 60 * 1000;
var closeTime = new Date('Wed Nov 26 2015 10:17:44 GMT-0400 (AST)');
var currentTime = new Date;
var difference = (closeTime - currentTime) + interval;
if(difference < 0) {
console.log('time has expired');
}else{
setTimeout(someFunction, difference);
}
closeTime - currentTime gets the time between timestamps in ms, which will be negative if it's past closing time. We offset closing time by 30 minutes (by adding interval). Then we just have to check if difference < 0 to know if time has expired, and if not we can wait difference milliseconds to trigger someFunction

How to call a function every hour?

I am trying to update information from a weather service on my page. The info should be updated every hour on the hour. How exactly do I go about calling a function on the hour every hour?
I kind of had an idea but I'm not sure of how to actually refine it so it works...
What I had in mind was something like creating an if statement, such as: (pseudo code)
//get the mins of the current time
var mins = datetime.mins();
if(mins == "00"){
function();
}

You want to check out setInterval: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window.setInterval
It's a little hard to tell what you're trying to call with your code, but it would be something in the form of:
function callEveryHour() {
setInterval(yourFunction, 1000 * 60 * 60);
}
If you want it every hour, try something like:
var nextDate = new Date();
if (nextDate.getMinutes() === 0) { // You can check for seconds here too
callEveryHour()
} else {
nextDate.setHours(nextDate.getHours() + 1);
nextDate.setMinutes(0);
nextDate.setSeconds(0);// I wouldn't do milliseconds too ;)
var difference = nextDate - new Date();
setTimeout(callEveryHour, difference);
}
Now, this implementation checks the time once, sets the delay (or calls the function immediately), and then relies on setInterval to keep track after that. An alternative approach may be to poll the time every x many seconds/minutes, and fire it .getMinutes() == 0 instead (similar to the first part of the if-statement), which may sacrifice (marginal) performance for (marginal) accuracy. Depending on your exact needs, I would play around with both solutions.

Here is what should work (JSFiddle):
function tick() {
//get the mins of the current time
var mins = new Date().getMinutes();
if (mins == "00") {
alert('Do stuff');
}
console.log('Tick ' + mins);
}
setInterval(tick, 1000);

What you probably want is something like that:
var now = new Date();
var delay = 60 * 60 * 1000; // 1 hour in msec
var start = delay - (now.getMinutes() * 60 + now.getSeconds()) * 1000 + now.getMilliseconds();
setTimeout(function doSomething() {
// do the operation
// ... your code here...
// schedule the next tick
setTimeout(doSomething, delay);
}, start);
So basically the first time the user get the access, you need to know what is the delay in millisecond to the next "hour". So, if the user access to the page at 8:54 (with 56 seconds and 123 milliseconds), you have to schedule the first execution after around 3 minutes: after the first one is done, you can call it every "hour" (60 * 60 * 1000).

Repeat at specific minute past the hour
This counter is a little bit more versatile; it allows to perform a task repeatedly always at the same minute past the hour (e.g. 37 minutes past the hour), and this with up to millisecond precision.
The precision of this timer is derived from its recursion.
At every recursion, the millisecond time to the next minute gets recalculated. This prevents time lag over long periods.
The % sign refers to the modulo operator.
function minuteCount(minutesAfterHour) {
const now = new Date();
const hours = now.getHours();
const minutes = now.getMinutes();
const seconds = now.getSeconds();
const milliseconds = now.getMilliseconds();
waitUntilNextMinute = setTimeout(minuteCount, 60000 - seconds * 1000 - milliseconds);
if(minutes % 60 === minutesAfterHour) {
doSomethingHourly();
}
}
minuteCount(37);
Finally, timers are best kept away from the main thread. They are best run from within a web worker, as explained here.
This works perfectly with unfocused tabs in desktop browsers.
However, dedicated web workers on Chrome for Android are put to sleep about 5 minutes after moving the main client to the background.

EDIT: Oops, I didn't see the " o' clock" things, so I edit my answer :
var last_execution = new Date().getTime();
function doSomething(force){
var current_time = new Date().getTime();
if (force || (current_time.getMinutes() == 0)
{
last_execution = current_time;
// something
// ...
}
setTimeout(doSomething(false), 1000);
}
// force the first time
doSomething(true);

// ... call your func now
let intervalId;
let timeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
// ... call your func on end of current hour
intervalId = setInterval(() => {
// ... call your func on end of each next hours
}, 3600000);
}, ((60 − moment().minutes()) × 60 × 1000) - (moment().second() * 1000));

Here is my pair of setIntervalWithDelay and clearIntervalWithDelay that one can use like this:
let descriptor = setIntervalWithDelay(callback, 60 * 60 * 1000, nextHourDelay)
And when you are done with it:
clearIntervalWithDelay(descriptor)
Here is my implementation of the functions:
const setIntervalWithDelay = (callback, interval, delay = 0) => {
let descriptor = {}
descriptor.timeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
if(!descriptor.timeoutId){
return
}
descriptor.timeoutId = null
callback()
descriptor.intervalId = setInterval(callback, interval)
}, delay)
return descriptor
}
export const clearIntervalWithDelay = (descriptor) => {
if(!isObject(descriptor) || (!descriptor.timeoutId && !descriptor.intervalId)){
console.warn("clearIntervalWithDelay: Incorrect descriptor. Please pass an object returned by setIntervalWithDelay. Skipping this call.")
return
}
if(descriptor.timeoutId){
clearTimeout(descriptor.timeoutId)
descriptor.timeoutId = null
console.log("clearIntervalWithDelay: stopped during delay.")
}
if(descriptor.intervalId){
clearInterval(descriptor.intervalId)
descriptor.intervalId = null
console.log("clearIntervalWithDelay: stopped during interval repeat.")
}
}
One example of using dayjs to get the delay for the next hour:
let nextHour = dayjs().second(0).millisecond(0).add(1, "hour")
let nextHourDelay = nextHour.diff(dayjs())