Can not get the correct output from variable.
I don't get this to work. The local storage is working and is displaying in the codevar saam = maand +" "+ dag + " " + jaar;/code correctly. "Saam" wil output "September 10 2013".
But when I put it codevar target_date = new Date(saam).getTime();/code it is not working.
When I put it like this codevar target_date = new Date("September 10 2013").getTime();/code then it is working 100%.
code
var dag = localStorage.getItem('dag');
var maand = localStorage.getItem('maand');
var jaar = localStorage.getItem('jaar');
var saam = maand +" "+ dag + " " + jaar;
// set the date we're counting down to
var target_date = new Date(saam).getTime();
// variables for time units
var days, hours, minutes, seconds;
// get tag element
var countdown = document.getElementById("countdown");
// update the tag with id "countdown" every 1 second
setInterval(function () {
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// find the amount of "seconds" between now and target
var current_date = new Date().getTime();
var seconds_left = (target_date - current_date) / 1000;
// do some time calculations
days = parseInt(seconds_left / 86400);
seconds_left = seconds_left % 86400;
hours = parseInt(seconds_left / 3600);
seconds_left = seconds_left % 3600;
minutes = parseInt(seconds_left / 60);
seconds = parseInt(seconds_left % 60);
// format countdown string + set tag value
countdown.innerHTML = days + "dae, " + hours + "ure, "
+ minutes + "maande, " + seconds + "sekondes"; }, 1000);
/code