Calculating the time difference in an php/mysql/javascript system

[barkerg]

I was wondering what the best way is to calculate the difference in time from now to a certain point, lets say the countdown time.I have an auction that has a closetime at a certain point, this time is stored in an mysql record in the format " DATETIME 00-00-000 00:00:00 ". This record is called closetime.Now on my website i have a javascript that gets this time via a php file. The javascript loops every second using setInterval 1000. The php file gets the closetime from the db, and sends it back in this format\[code\]strtotime($result['closetime']);\[/code\]And i get the time of the request, i want to use the server time, and not the time in javascript, because the clock of the user can be off.\[code\]strtotime(date("H:i:s", $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME']))\[/code\]I send back these two timestamps and calculate the time difference between them in javascript. I use this function to do it, the values send back from php i call currentTime and closeTime, i think this should be clear.\[code\]function auctionDelayTime(currentTime,closeTime){ totaldelay = closeTime - currentTime; if(totaldelay <= 0){ return 'ended'; }else{ if( days=parseInt((Math.floor(totaldelay/86400))) ) totaldelay = totaldelay % 86400; if( hours=parseInt((Math.floor(totaldelay/3600))) ) totaldelay = totaldelay % 3600; if( minutes=parseInt((Math.floor(totaldelay/60))) ) totaldelay = totaldelay % 60; if( seconds=parseInt((Math.floor(totaldelay/1))) ) totaldelay = totaldelay % 1; return hours+':'+formatTimes(minutes)+':'+formatTimes(seconds); }}function formatTimes(value){ return value < 10 ? '0'+value : value;}\[/code\]I think this is a awful lot of code do something so simple. Does anyone have a better solution or maybe a more 'beautiful' code.enjoy!