Issue with UTC?

[scrog]

Hi what does the enable UTC parameter do?

I have a problem with a counter, if I set the time in UTC and sets the UTC flag to true. The remaining time still varies if I change timezone on my computer. Has I misunderstood the flag?

Regards, Jens

[VincentLoy]

Hello @scrog, The UTC flag was added later on the project development. The plugin will create a Date object with the given parameters (year, month, dayn hours, minutes and seconds). This date is created without using any timezone parameter like so :

let d = new Date(year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds);

Then ig you enable the UTC flag, the plugin will turn the original date object nto a new one using the previous Date object data like this :

let utcDate = new Date(
        d.getUTCFullYear(),
        d.getUTCMonth(),
        d.getUTCDate(),
        d.getUTCHours(),
        d.getUTCMinutes(),
        d.getUTCSeconds()
);

So, as you can see, the first Date object created is using the browser timezone... You just point on a real issue and adding a timezone parameter will be a great solution to solve it.

I think adding a date object parameter should be a great option to solve this issue. With this new parameter, users will be able to select the way they want to inject the date into the plugin.

[conniesmits]

Hi, I'm not sure if I missed it, but has the timezone parameter been added? How can we use it?