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Created March 27, 2012 02:22
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var now = new Date();
var future = new Date(2012, 3, 30, 12);
now.getTime()
1332814128628
future.getTime()
1335783600000
future - now
2969471372
// so far so good, now let's go to seconds from milliseconds
(future - now)/1000
2969471.372
// okay, no surprises. Now take seconds to minutes and then to hours.
(((future - now)/1000)/60)/60
824.8531588888889
// and now we're out by 10. What.
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