genshin impact countdown

Okay, so, I saw online that the new version of Genshin Impact, 5.2, is dropping on November 20, 2024. I’m super pumped about it, and I figured I’m not the only one counting down the days. So, I thought, why not make a countdown timer? Plus, I heard there’s going to be a special program for version 5.3, streamed in four languages – English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. That’s a lot to keep track of!

First, I grabbed the date for the 5.2 release – November 20, 2024, at 11 am (UTC+8). That’s the main target. I wanted my timer to show how many days, hours, minutes, and seconds were left until that exact moment.

I started coding it out, nothing too fancy. Just a simple program that calculates the time difference. I used a function to constantly update the time remaining, subtracting the current time from the launch time. It was pretty cool to see the numbers tick down in real time.

But then I thought, what about the special program for 5.3? I decided to add another countdown for that. The program date wasn’t specified, so I just picked a hypothetical date for the fun of it. This one was a bit more tricky since I wanted to display it in different languages.

I made a list – English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. For each language, I created a separate display. It wasn’t just a direct translation. I had to research a bit to figure out how countdowns are usually expressed in each language. For example, in Japanese, they might say “あと” (ato) which means “remaining”.

The languages

• English is simple, just the numbers and “days,” “hours,” and so on.
• Chinese was pretty straightforward too.
• Japanese and Korean, a bit more interesting with their unique ways of expressing time.

I set up the program to cycle through these languages, showing the countdown in one language for a few seconds, then switching to the next. It was a bit of a challenge to make sure the formatting looked right for each one, but I managed it. I kept tweaking and testing until it worked just how I wanted. It wasn’t perfect, but it was mine.

Finally, I had my little countdown timer, ticking away for both the 5.2 release and the 5.3 special program, switching between four different languages. It was a fun project, and now I have this neat little program to keep me hyped for the new Genshin updates. It’s not just about the game, but also about learning something new and having a bit of fun with coding.