Isn't there something wrong with the Since My Last Cigarette Banners?

[Jumpin' In...]

I've been using the banner just to keep track of the number of days I haven't smoked, amount "saved", etc. I just fill it in now and then to update myself (and pat myself on the back).

From the very start I noticed that it gave me an extra day. Then I noticed when October rolled around it gave me another day, so now it's two days off. Yes, I used GMT time.

Not a big deal, but I thought it odd. I *think* the cigs avoided and amount "saved" numbers are OK, though. Weird.

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

If the banner you chose didn't work correctly there are plenty of others to choose from. If you see a banner you like, just click on it and it should open up to the code where you can make your own.

 

[Rickajho]

Without seeing your code I don't know what to say. I seem to recall that it is quite literal. "One day" equals 24 hours from what you enter as the time you start. It isn't counting as days of the week as such, more like 24 hour periods.

 

[Jumpin' In...]

Maybe I've forgotten how to count - quite possible - or I'm just doing something dumb - also quite possible. It's the banner you're using, Rickajho. Try entering 9/19/13 - ignore the GMT thing. When I count the days, I get 21. The banner says 23. <shrug>

 

[Ken_A]

Not counting the 19th itself, I get 22 days when I count from 9/19/2013

 

[Rickajho]

Ditto on the 22 days.

But I'm not sure what you mean by "ignore the GMT thing" - you can't ignore it, insofar as any time zone can be expressed in GMT. Use the wrong time zone and you add another day onto your counter. If you're in Hawaii you should be GMT -10:00

 

[Jumpin' In...]

You guys got 22 because now it's Friday. When I counted it was still Thursday, HI.

Ok. Right now it's 2:42 AM Hawaii, Friday, 10/11/13.

My last cigarette was around 4:30 am HI, 9/19/13 which means 14:40 GMT, 9/19/13 (right?) I assume, perhaps wrongly, that you enter GMT, because the program will calculate your days and hours using GMT.

I plug in 9/19/13 and 14:40 GMT and the banner says 23 days and 22 hours. I count one day at 9/20/13 @ 4:30 am, Hawaii. So 9/30 @ 4:30 AM = 11 days, 10/11 @ 4:30 am is 22 days - but I'm still a couple of hours short of 22 days, so it should be 21 days and 22 hours. So I'm 2 days short of what the program calculates, am I not?

If I run the program at exactly 4:30 am 10/11/13, it will say I've stopped smoking for 24 days, when it should actually be 22 days. No?

I keep feeling that I'm missing something. But I can't see it. Starting to feel dense.

 

[Jumpin' In...]

I said ignore the GMT thing, only because no matter how I look at it I'm 2 days short of the calculation - not 10 hours.

 

[Myrany]

I noticed it usually calls a month 30 days weather or not it is 28 or 31.

 

[Jumpin' In...]

I noticed it usually calls a month 30 days weather or not it is 28 or 31.

But September has 30 days so shouldn't that be 'normal'? The strange thing is that it was 1 day ahead until October, when it suddenly jumped another day ahead.

Like I said, it's not a big thing, but I think the program is wacky.

 

[EvilZoe]

I've been using the banner just to keep track of the number of days I haven't smoked, amount "saved", etc. I just fill it in now and then to update myself (and pat myself on the back).

From the very start I noticed that it gave me an extra day. Then I noticed when October rolled around it gave me another day, so now it's two days off. Yes, I used GMT time.

Not a big deal, but I thought it odd. I *think* the cigs avoided and amount "saved" numbers are OK, though. Weird.

Yes, the banners at sincemylastcigarette.com ARE wrong. No matter what I put in there I couldn't get it to accurately display my correct information. That's why I went with something else.

You'll be better off finding one in someone's sig here on ECF and clicking on it to get a banner that works.