How do you install a "count-up" timer in a WordPress post?

This is driving me absolutely insane. I want to put a ticker, one that counts off the time elapsed since I first installed it, in a post on my blog. I’ve googled, to no avail. My blog is on wordpress.com, if that’s any help. Where can I find a code, and how to I implement it?

September 5, 2010 | Filed Under WordPress 

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One Response to “How do you install a "count-up" timer in a WordPress post?”

  1. 21stsoft on September 5th, 2010 9:22 am

    If you assumed you installed WordPress on May 11, 2010 9:30:15 am you can calculate and write out the time difference in php like this:

    1. <?php
    2. // Get current time
    3. $date1 = time();
    4. // Get the timestamp of 2010 May 11, 9:30:15 am
    5. $date2 = mktime(15,30,09,05,11,2010);
    6. // get the difference in seconds
    7. $dateDiff = $date1 – $date2;
    8. // convert to minutes
    9. $fullMinutes = round($dateDiff/(60));
    10. // write to page
    11. echo "Site has been up $fullMinutes minutes";
    12. ?>

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