A real-time countdown timer for a web page. Will countdown to a target time, but only on days specified (eg: Mon-Fri).

daySensitiveCountdownTimer.js

if (document.getElementById('countdownTimer')) {
  pad = function(n, len) { // leading 0's
    var s = n.toString();
    return (new Array( (len - s.length + 1) ).join('0')) + s;
  };

  var timerRunning = setInterval(
    function countDown() {
      var now = new Date();
      if ( (now.getDay() >= 1) && (now.getDay() <= 5) ) { // Monday to Friday only
        var target = 15; // 15:00hrs is the cut-off point
        if (now.getHours() < target) { // don't do anything if we're past the cut-off point
          var hrs = (target - 1) - now.getHours();
          if (hrs < 0) hrs = 0;
          var mins = 59 - now.getMinutes();
          if (mins < 0) mins = 0;
          var secs = 59 - now.getSeconds();
          if (secs < 0) secs = 0;
          var str = pad(hrs, 2) + ':' + pad(mins, 2) + '.<small>' + pad(secs, 2) + '</small>';
          document.getElementById('countdownTimer').innerHTML = str;
        }
      }
    }, 1000
  );
}

I am trying to use this also and it's not working. All I get is 00:00:00 for the countdown timer no matter what time of day it is.

Those having problems with the plugin not working resulting in '00:00:00'. I have found that when i place the code inside my header it doesn't seem to work. I have moved the piece of code to my footer just before the footer tag and its now working.

< script type="text/javascript" src="daySensitiveCountdownTimer.js"></script>
< footer>
content
< /footer>

Unfortunately it doesn't work for me. No matter where I place the code.

anyway of getting this to use server time? or a specific timezone actually... like EST