Thanks for the reference. I will keep this in mind and do my best to be more precise in future posts.Yep, and additionally: https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?t=28421#p148358
Life happens. I appreciate your assistance whenever it occurs!Yes, it does, thanks. Sorry for the delay in posting, been a bit busy in the meantime.
Thanks for clarifying.First, the reason why the error happens in your case: 0000 is not a valid year - it isn't either in reality (i.e. there's no 0 AD, only 1 AD), but most importantly when it comes to Windows time, which starts from 1 Jan 1601, as per the Rainmeter manual:
Thanks for the explanation and example. I will work through it all this weekend and report back.Secondly, here's one way of doing things, based on jsmorley's code:
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Hopefully it will suit your needs. Let me know if you have any questions about it. The optional stuff can be removed if desired, as long as the syntax is fine afterwards. Take into account that both [mEvenSpan] and [Countdown] are updated just once and then on demand only when needed (since it doesn't really make sense to do it until the event is "in the future" in relation to the current and wait time, as mentioned).
Thanks again!
Statistics: Posted by cwfrizzell — Yesterday, 11:36 pm