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Javascript countdown timer with page redirect
$(function() {
// If target date is specific to one timezone, set to true and specify it
var absoluteTarget = true;
var targetTimeZone = -5;
var targetDateUTC = new Date(Date.UTC(2015,05,22)).getTime();
var currentDate = new Date();
var timeZoneOffset = (absoluteTarget ? targetTimeZone * -60 : currentDate.getTimezoneOffset()) * 60 * 1000;
var targetDate = targetDateUTC + timeZoneOffset;
var getCountdown = function() {
var totalSeconds = (targetDate - Date.now())/1000;
var days = Math.floor(totalSeconds / (60 * 60 * 24));
var hours = Math.floor(totalSeconds / (60 * 60)) % 24;
var minutes = Math.floor(totalSeconds / 60) % 60;
var seconds = Math.floor(totalSeconds) % 60;
if ( currentDate > targetDate ) {
// Redirect to specific URL
window.location.replace("http://google.com");
} else {
// Display the remaining time
$('header .clock .days p').html(days);
$('header .clock .hours p').html(hours);
$('header .clock .minutes p').html(minutes);
$('header .clock .seconds p').html(seconds);
}
};
setInterval(getCountdown, 1000);
getCountdown();
})
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