My solution works with MySQL date time formats and provides a callback function. on complition. Disclaimer: works only with minutes and seconds, as this is what I needed.
jQuery.fn.countDownTimer = function(futureDate, callback){
if(!futureDate){
throw 'Invalid date!';
}
var currentTs = +new Date();
var futureDateTs = +new Date(futureDate);
if(futureDateTs <= currentTs){
throw 'Invalid date!';
}
var diff = Math.round((futureDateTs - currentTs) / 1000);
var that = this;
(function countdownLoop(){
// Get hours/minutes from timestamp
var m = Math.floor(diff % 3600 / 60);
var s = Math.floor(diff % 3600 % 60);
var text = zeroPad(m, 2) + ':' + zeroPad(s, 2);
$(that).text(text);
if(diff <= 0){
typeof callback === 'function' ? callback.call(that) : void(0);
return;
}
diff--;
setTimeout(countdownLoop, 1000);
})();
function zeroPad(num, places) {
var zero = places - num.toString().length + 1;
return Array(+(zero > 0 && zero)).join("0") + num;
}
}
// $('.heading').countDownTimer('2018-04-02 16:00:59', function(){ // on complete})