Countdown HH:MM:SS

Scott Rossi scott at tactilemedia.com
Wed Jul 20 18:20:37 EDT 2011


Recently, Nonsanity wrote:

> I wouldn't rely on the send in time structure to actually fire every second.
> It's going to slip over time as the computer takes periodic spikes of use.
> If you want New Years Eve accuracy of the final countdown, you should
> probably re-calculate the delta based on the current time continuously.

Agreed.  A few years back, Geoff Canyon came up with the following which has
been reliable for me:

 send "someMsg" to someObj in (1 - (the long seconds mod 1)) seconds

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX Design






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