I need a countdown timer that restarts countdown at set timepoints

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I’m not sure if this is even possible?!…

I am looking for a countdown timer that can restart countdown based on certain inputted days/times.

Use: Website for a fitness coach who has various classes running through the week. I want a timer that is prepended with “next class”, so that there’s always a timer visible counting down to the next class. Obviously I need to set up the class days/times so that the timer is counting down based on the class timetable.

Thanks in advance

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Hi Matt,

if i’m right you may solve this using a countdown element.

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Option 1
use the countdown element and set the end date manually for each course (but takes a lot of effort due to frequently changes – so obviously no good solution)

Option 2
use countdown element and set end date for each course dynamically.
how are the courses stored (e.g. custom post type, Advanced Custom Fields)?

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Hi Lars,

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

In the end I managed to solve this nicely, using JS and a little help from ChatGPT. FYI the native timer function does not have the feature built in.

Thanks, Matt