From 17522e208554ce53c7846a6083ffbd32c63529ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nabil Kadimi <nabil@kadimi.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 13:48:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix timezone handling in countdowns

---
 assets/js/sportspress.js | 13 +++----------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/assets/js/sportspress.js b/assets/js/sportspress.js
index cfef48c3..4ab94b28 100644
--- a/assets/js/sportspress.js
+++ b/assets/js/sportspress.js
@@ -21,16 +21,9 @@ function sp_viewport() {
 		var countDownDate = new Date($(this).data('countdown')).getTime();
 		// Iterate every second
 		var x = setInterval(function() {
-			
-			// Get todays date and time
-			var now = new Date();
-			
-			// Convert curent date and time to UTC
-			var tzDifference = now.getTimezoneOffset();
-			var nowutc = new Date(now.getTime() + tzDifference * 60 * 1000);
-			
+
 			// Find the distance between now and the count down date
-			var distance = countDownDate - nowutc;
+			var distance = countDownDate - (new Date);
 			if ( distance < 0 ) {
 				distance = 0;
 			}
@@ -116,4 +109,4 @@ function sp_viewport() {
 		}
 	});
 
-})(jQuery);
\ No newline at end of file
+})(jQuery);