jstimer with IE [#1294102]

Hi,

I have been trying the module for a while and now I have an issue when opening in IE. The countdown doesn't show up. Here is the error

Message: Object doesn't support this property or method
Line: 23
Char: 5
Code 0
URI: http://../files/jstimer/timer.js?c

at line 23 of timer.js I see

active_widgets[i].attach();

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks

Comments

Comment #1

jvandervort CreditAttribution: jvandervort commented 28 September 2011 at 23:19

Can you try the latest dev release? 6.x-1.x-dev
Install it. Go to the admin settings and hit save.

Comment #2

truyenle CreditAttribution: truyenle commented 29 September 2011 at 16:57

Hi Jvandervort,

I just try it the error is gone however the clock doesn't show but only the "-" sign.

I also see the root cause and could be a bug. If the year is greater than 2011 like 2012, 2013, etc, than the clock won't show up but only the "-" sign.
work:
2011-12-31T00:00:00-00:00
won't work:
2012-12-31T00:00:00-00:00

P/S: these are ok with other browsers but IE8 (still ok with IE7).

I did check the code when the year is different from the current year and see that (jst_timer.module)

if(now.getFullYear() == target.getFullYear()) {
dur.tot_months = Math.abs(target.getMonth() - now.getMonth());
dur.months = dur.tot_months;
} else {
dur.tot_months = 11 - now.getMonth();
dur.tot_months += target.getMonth() + 1;
dur.tot_months += (target.getFullYear() - now.getFullYear() - 1) * 12;
dur.months = dur.tot_months - (dur.years * 12);
}

The logic is totally right but I don't know why IE8 doesn't render it but only the "-" sign.

Thanks for your fast response.

Comment #3

truyenle CreditAttribution: truyenle commented 1 October 2011 at 20:29

Any clue how to fix this please help to share?

Comment #4

jvandervort CreditAttribution: jvandervort commented 3 October 2011 at 16:04

IE8 appears to work for me. Can you post the full timer tag so I can test it?

Comment #5

truyenle CreditAttribution: truyenle commented 3 October 2011 at 19:00

Here it is
won't work in IE8 because of the year > 2011

<div class="missionclock">
  <div class="countdown-gmt">Countdown to Challenge</div>
  <div class="countdown-flag GMT"></div>
  <div class="countdown-time-value">
     <span class="jst_timer">
      <span class="datetime" style="display: none;">2012-01-15T00:00:00-00:00</span>
      <span class="dir" style="display: none;">up</span>
      <span class="format_txt" style="display:none;">%sign%%days%:%hours%:%mins%:%secs%</span>
    </span>
  </div>
</div>

work in IE8

<div class="missionclock">
  <div class="countdown-gmt">Countdown to Challenge</div>
  <div class="countdown-flag GMT"></div>
  <div class="countdown-time-value">
     <span class="jst_timer">
      <span class="datetime" style="display: none;">2011-01-15T00:00:00-00:00</span>
      <span class="dir" style="display: none;">up</span>
      <span class="format_txt" style="display:none;">%sign%%days%:%hours%:%mins%:%secs%</span>
    </span>
  </div>
</div>

The only different between the above code is the year.

Thanks
Truyen