Count up is erratic if the date/time is in the past

Hi @aaron.ferris,

I’d like to work on this, but I didn’t quite understand how it’s supposed to work.

For example, when the date is in the future, it shows a countdown timer until the selected date. Once the date has passed — meaning it's now or in the past — it starts showing the time that has passed since then.

My question is: what’s the expected behavior? Should it stop when it reaches the selected date?

Hello @charlliequadros its an interesting question and not one I had considered, it feels odd to me to count up to something then proceed past it. Id expect it to return a 'completed message' but like the count down. Maybe needs some thought.

Hi @aaron.ferris,

I think the current behavior makes sense — it counts down until the specified time, and then starts counting up to show how much time has passed since then.

One thing I think could be nice to add is a message that indicates how much time is left until the specified time, and another one that shows how much time has passed after it.

Does that make sense to you?

@aaron.ferris , @charlliequadros idea looks good and I think we can proceed this way . I would love to work on this idea

Hello @charlliequadros

Yes that does make sense