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from: Steve Gerrard
date: 2004-07-18 21:46:00
subject: Re: datediff problem

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news:oBAKc.16034$2u.9451{at}newssvr24.news.prodigy.com...
> Can anyone help me with this code?  It is a countdown timer for a
future
> date but the minutes do not change until there is 30 seconds left, not
0 sec
> as I expected.  Thanks.
>
>     numdays = secondsleft / 86400
>     secondsleft = secondsleft Mod 86400
>
>     numhours = secondsleft / 3600
>     secondsleft = secondsleft Mod 3600
>
>     nummins = secondsleft / 60
>     secondsleft = secondsleft Mod 60
>

I think if you use integer division instead (a backslash), you will get
the result you seek:

     numdays = secondsleft \ 86400

     numhours = secondsleft \ 3600

     nummins = secondsleft \ 60
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