Okay, so I wanted to keep track of when Furina’s banner was ending. You know how it is, sometimes you lose track, and bam, the banner’s gone. Didn’t want that happening this time.
Getting the Idea
First thing, I thought, maybe someone already made a nice countdown? I looked around a bit, saw some things, but nothing quite hit the spot for what I wanted – something simple, just for me, really. So, I figured, why not try and set one up myself? It’s not like I’m a pro coder or anything, but how hard could a simple countdown be, right?
Finding the Info
The main thing I needed was the exact end date and time for the banner. This part took a little digging. Had to check the official announcements, you know, the details they post in-game or on their official site. Got the server time zone figured out and the specific hour it was supposed to finish. Wrote that down carefully.
Putting it Together
Alright, got the target time. Now, how to make it count down? I wasn’t about to build some fancy app. I remembered messing around with some simple website stuff before. Thought I could probably find some basic script online, something that just takes two dates and shows the difference.
- Found a simple javascript snippet someone shared on a forum. Looked easy enough.
- It basically needed the end date plugged into it.
- Then it calculates the time left from right now.
So, I grabbed that snippet. Had to tweak it a tiny bit to get the date format right based on what I found earlier. Put it into a plain HTML file, you know, just a text file saved as `.html`.
Making it Work (Sort Of)
Opened the file in my browser. And hey, it actually worked! Showed the days, hours, minutes, seconds left. Pretty neat. It wasn’t super fancy, just plain text on a white background, but that’s all I needed.
I didn’t put it online publicly or anything. It’s just a file sitting on my computer. I open it up whenever I feel like checking. Sometimes I just manually calculate in my head based on the day, but having this little file is kinda cool. Makes it feel more real, watching the numbers tick down.
So yeah, that’s my little project. Just a simple way to keep an eye on the banner duration. Nothing groundbreaking, but it does the job for me. It’s running right now, actually, ticking away.
