Timepiece

Timepiece is a Rails plugin providing a simple digital clock, accurate to your server’s time and maintained by jQuery.

Installation

Add Timepiece to your application’s Gemfile
```
gem 'timepiece'
```
Require timepiece in app/assets/javascripts/application.js
```
//= require timepiece
```

Note: If you’re using Turbolinks with your Rails project, you should also install jquery-turbolinks to ensure functionality is maintained between page loads.

Usage

Add a functional clock to your views
```
<%= timepiece %>
```
Pass a timezone paramater (Defaults to ‘UTC’)
```
<%= timepiece('London') %>
```
Show a 12 hour clock by specifying its ‘type:` explicitly
```
<%= timepiece('London', type: '12') %>
```

12 Hour Clock Options

By default the 12 hour clock displays time without any leading character, in the format ‘1:23pm’. You can add either a zero, as present on the 24 hour clock, or a leading space character the size of a numerical digit - useful for keeping your clocks aligned. To achieve this, set the Timepiece’s ‘lead:`

To add a leading zero to hour values less than ten

<%= timepiece('London', type: '12', lead: '0') %>

<%= timepiece('London', type: '12', lead: 'zero') %>

To add a space character

<%= timepiece('London', type: '12', lead: '_') %>

<%= timepiece('London', type: '12', lead: 'space') %>

You can apply your own styles to any part of the Timepiece clock. For instance, you can capitalize the AM/PM abbreviation by targeting the span with class ‘timepiece-abbr’. By default, the abbreviations are displayed without punctuation. To add punctuation, you can specify it with the ‘abbr_sep:` option.

Add punctuation to am/pm abbreviation

<%= timepiece('London', type: '12', abbr_sep: '.') %>

Timer

It is now also possible to make use of a basic timer. To start a count from ‘Time.now`, simply include `timer` in your Rails projects.

The helper also takes a time object as a parameter, for example:
```
<%= timer(User.first.created_at) %>
```

Countdown

There is also a basic countdown implementation. To start a countdown to 2016, simply include ‘countdown` in your Rails projects.

The helper also takes a time object as a parameter, for example:

<%= countdown(Time.new(2016, 3, 14)) %> <%# My birthday and, of course, Pi day %>