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= Timepiece

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

== Installation

1. Add Timepiece to your application's Gemfile

    gem 'timepiece'

2. 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') %>

  or

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

* To add a space character

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

  or

    <%= 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 %>