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  • Days Hours Min Sec Countdown?

    Posted by Brandon Awesome on October 26, 2012 at 10:20 am

    Sorry for yet another countdown help request. But I’m just lost.

    I need a countdown from 61 days to 1 day. It needs a DAYS column, HOURS (army time), MIN and SECONDS. The countdown needs to ramp then slowdown as it approaches 1 day over a period of 10 to 15 sec. It also needs leader 0’s.

    Formated like this: Days HRS MIN SEC
    000 00 : 00 : 00

    So, the days are a simple 61 to 1 countdown, but it gets more complicated when I have to attach it with the HRS, MIN, SEC
    Days (61 to 1) – A countdown of 61 to 1 (1 time)
    HRS (23 to 0 x 60) – A countdown of 23 to 00 (60 times)
    MIN (59 to 00 x 1440) – A countdown of 59 to 00 (1440 times)
    SEC (59 to 00 x 86,400) – A countdown of 59 to 00 (86,400 times)

    I’ve tried doing this with the built in Numbers generator, but of course ran into problems. The hardest part seems to be trying to ramp the times in sync. It is surprisingly obvious when a day number doesn’t change at the exact moment 00s hit the HRS column. Same goes for MIN and SEC.

    I am totally lost on how to build an expression like this. Can any give me some tips? Or possibly direct me to a plugin? Thanks so much!

    Sara Martinez replied 9 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Sara Martinez

    November 12, 2016 at 5:50 am

    Hi, I am trying to find a solution for this exact same request. I’ve searched and searched and have found nothing that can point me in the right direction. If anyone could kindly assist me or let me know if there is a source that can help me I will truly appreciate it
    Thank you in advance,
    Sara

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