How to get serverTime from webpage

Question

I want to know if it is possible to get the serverTime (in a variable that can be used later on in javascript) with jquery ajax functions as $.get() or $.post().

The link of the webpafe is :http://zz1.beta.tribalwars.net/game.php?village=1466&screen=overview

I think that for get and post functions you need to use the url: "game.php" This is a printscreen of the webpage: http://prntscr.com/4npk47

I could do something like that :

var time=document.getElementById('serverTime');

but with this method, after a while, if the webpage is not reloaded, the time is desynchronized with about 1-2 seconds, and i need the exact time.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 17 '14 at 16:51

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var serverTime = time ; //this would come from the server obviously
var localTime = +Date.now();
var timeDiff = serverTime - localTime;

setInterval(function () {
    console.log(+Date.now() + timeDiff);
}, 1000);

answered Sep 17 '14 at 16:51

Ferrakkem Bhuiyan

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I have noticed that the difference between local time and serverTime is not constant. So i can't use it as a reference. – Surciky Silviu Sep 17 '14 at 16:59

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 17 '14 at 16:55

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You could use a Node.js on the backend with socket.io, using websockets, and stream the real-time (see how I did that!?). Then your client side JS would connect to the websocket and just stream the time out from the server.

answered Sep 17 '14 at 16:55

Steve

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sounds promising but i don't know if i have access to the backend. if you could elaborate that... – Surciky Silviu Sep 17 '14 at 17:02

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