Mafia Phase Timer

[TinCow]

I have added a new feature to the forums to make it easier for players to know when mafia game phases are over. It is a bbcode timer which counts down to any date and time specified. The bbcode format is [timer] and you can enter it manually, or click the timer icon on the advanced editor ().

The bbcode must be formatted in the following manner:

[TIMER=M/D/YYYY H:MM AM/PM ZONE; TIMEUP PHRASE][/ TIMER]

Where

• M = The Month number, with or without a 0. So, for August, either 8 or 08.
• D = The Day number, with or without a 0. So, for the fifth day, either 5 or 05.
• YYYY = The Year in full four digit number format
• H: The Hour, with or without a 0. So, for the seventh hour, either 7 or 07.
• MM = The Minute, so quarter past the hour would be 15, half past would be 30, and on the hour would be 00.
• AM/PM = AM or PM
• ZONE = Time Zone of the deadline. It is very important that you put this in. If you do not, the timer will display the local time for each person viewing it, which means people in different parts of the world will see different (and incorrect) times. The time zone codes accept all of the usual zone abbreviations, such as UTC, GMT, EST, EDT, PST, PDT, etc. You can also use UTC referential times, such as UTC-1, UTC-2, UTC+7, etc.
• TIMEUP PHRASE = Whatever text you want it to display when the timer is finished, such as "Day Phase Over" or "Night Phase Over".

So, to create a timer counting down to a Night Phase which ends on August 24, 2015 at 5pm, GMT, I would create the following bbcode:

[TIMER=8/24/2015 5:00 PM GMT; Night Phase Over][/ TIMER]

and it looks like this once I removed that extra space from the bbcode:

[johnhughthom]

That is awesome TC, great work.

[TheLastDays]

That's cool. Going to try that right away with the next phase. Great work!

[GeneralHankerchief]

I love having Tech Admins interested in the Gameroom.

[Tratorix]

Wow this rules. Now if you can make one that automatically keeps a vote tally we'll be set.

[TinCow]

Now if you can make one that automatically keeps a vote tally we'll be set.

I've actually thought about that, but it would be impossible to have it take into account things like misspellings, name abbreviations (i.e. ATPG), nicknames (i.e. Strawberry), etc. The only way it could work is if everyone used the exact same format to vote and if they all spelled out every name precisely and in full. That seems like trying to enforce that would cause more problems than it would solve.

[TinCow]

That's because were currently in daylight savings time. Use CDT.

[Zack]

That's because were currently in daylight savings time. Use CDT.

Oh, duh.

[TinCow]

CST is GMT-6, CDT is GMT-5
EST is GMT-5, EDT is GMT-4

[Diamondeye]

We must always be grammatically correct.

I concur! Civilization is not my only fanaticism .