Coding Forum

**Spud In Disguise** · 11-06-2004, 02:47 PM

Hey there. I know it is possible to get a page to automatically refresh every 'x' minutes or seconds, but is it possible to make a page refresh according to time?

I am designing a normal HTML page which is more than likely going to be kept open by users for a long time and since the content will automatically be changed at 12am every night I was wondering if it is possible to set the page to be refreshed at 12:05am, so that my users are guaranteed to have the latest version of the page displayed.

Any help anyone?

**Arctic Fox** · 11-10-2004, 09:15 PM

Well there's a couple issues here first;

Are people really sitting on your single page for hours on end?
What time is it where? 12:05am your time may be 8:05pm somewhere else - this problem may have to be handled server-side.
Have you thought of using the META tag refresh?
How about just having JavaScript or META tag refresh every 3 hours?

Don't get me wrong, it can be done (with a bit of work)... but is it really required?

**Anacrusis** · 11-10-2004, 09:18 PM

Just remind your visitors to press F5 at midnight.. problem solved

**Spud In Disguise** · 11-11-2004, 04:52 PM

It's actually not going to be used on a website, ti's in an application that displays web pages in a windows app box. So it looks like a normal program but is actually a web page, therefore people will be on it for hours - also it is designed for my town website so it only applies to people in my time zone...

**Arctic Fox** · 11-11-2004, 08:59 PM

I think I may have found something on the net that you'd be able use.

(edited for your situation):

Code:

<html>
<head>


<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var GoOff_Hour=00; //24 hour clock
var GoOff_Minute=05;

// current set at 12:05 AM
var Armed=true;

function CheckTime() {
var now = new Date();

if (now.getHours()>=GoOff_Hour && now.getMinutes()>=GoOff_Minute && Armed==true) {
window.location.reload(); 
Armed=false;
}

setTimeout("CheckTime()",1000)


}
//-->
</script> 


</head>

<body onload="CheckTime();">

</body>

</html>