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Thread ID: 93637 2008-09-25 10:46:00 The clock is fixed (kinda)!!! Erayd (23) PC World Chat
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707715 2008-09-25 10:46:00 The clock has bugged me for the last time.... as the folks at FFBM don't seem inclined to fix is, here's a bit of javascript that will correct the time by whatever the current server lag is, anywhere it appears on the page.

This can be applied directly with opera, or using (I assume) something like greasemonkey under Firefox.

[Edit: This code does seem to break some of the menus on the site, and may not work perfectly - watch this space for when I get it debugged.]
//wait until the page has finished loading
function waitForTimeFixer() {
if(window.alreadyfixed === true) return;
function waitContinue() {
setTimeout(function(){waitForTimeFixer();}, 200);
}

if(document.body) {
if(document.body.innerHTML.match(/The time now is </m)) {
timeFixer();
}
else waitContinue();

}
else waitContinue();
}


//correct the times displayed on PressF1
function timeFixer() {
//put loose time in spans
var tx = new RegExp(/([0-9]{1,2}):([0-9]{1,2}) ([AP]M)/gi);
document.body.innerHTML = (document.body.innerHTML.replace(tx, '<span class="erayd-time">$1:$2 $3</span>'));

//put time spans in an array
var now = new Date();
var arr = document.getElementsByTagName('span');
var arrTime = new Array();
for(i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
if(arr[i].getAttribute('class') == 'time' || arr[i].getAttribute('class') == 'erayd-time') {
arrTime.push(arr[i]);
}
}

//find time difference based on local system time
var f1_now = strToTime(arrTime[arrTime.length - 1].innerHTML);
if(now.getTime() < f1_now.getTime()) f1_now.setTime(f1_now.getTime() - 86400000); //fix day
var diff = now.getTime() - f1_now.getTime();

//correct the times
for(i = 0; i < arrTime.length; i++) {
var t = strToTime(arrTime[i].innerHTML);
t.setTime(t.getTime() + diff);
var ap = t.getHours() < 12 ? 'AM' : 'PM';
var hours = t.getHours() < 12 ? t.getHours() : t.getHours() - 12;
if(hours == 0) hours = 12;
var minutes = t.getMinutes().toString().length == 1 ? '0' + t.getMinutes() : t.getMinutes();
hours = hours.toString().length == 1 ? '0' + hours : hours;
arrTime[i].innerHTML = hours + ':' + minutes + ' ' + ap;
arrTime[i].style.color = '#0F0';
}

//make sure we don't do it multiple times
window.alreadyfixed = true;

}

//turn a string into a Date object
function strToTime(s) {
var tx = new RegExp(/([0-9]{1,2}):([0-9]{1,2}) ([AP]M)/gi);
var arr = tx.exec(s);
var d = new Date();
if(arr[3] == 'PM') arr[1] = parseInt(arr[1]) + 12;
if(arr[3] == 'AM' && arr[1] == 12) arr[1] = 0;
d.setHours(arr[1]);
d.setMinutes(arr[2]);
return d;
}

waitForTimeFixer(); 		Erayd (23)
707716 2008-09-25 11:01:00 Testing Testing, Posted at 10:35PM

EDIT: It works! Thanks a million Erayd. 		Sherman (9181)
707717 2008-09-25 11:03:00 Looks pretty good to me - but your original post is now showing "Today, 1:20PM" - when I first tested it, it showed 10:20PM, and Sherman's post time is correct... johcar (6283)
707718 2008-09-25 11:04:00 As is mine at 10:37. But the text of the post remains in the Quick Reply box after submission...

EDIT: at least until I refresh the page.

(Had to turn Greasemonkey off to do this edit) 		johcar (6283)
707719 2008-09-25 13:04:00 Yes.... it needs a little debugging I think. I'll put an updated copy in this thread once I've resolved the issue. Erayd (23)
707720 2008-09-25 20:04:00 All done with iSmoke and E-mirrors. R2x1 (4628)
707721 2008-09-26 21:33:00 Thanks for posting that Erayd, it is fantastic. You are an absolute genius. :cool: CI Sue (14168)
707722 2008-09-28 07:11:00 Thanks for posting that Erayd, it is fantastic. You are an absolute genius. :cool:

Pity there isn't a similar genius at FFBM who could fix the ORIGINAL problem !!! 		decibel (11645)
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