Title: [Plugin: Countdown Timer] 3.0 Error
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Countdown Timer] 3.0 Error

 *  Resolved [Geezerjim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/actorjiml/)
 * (@actorjiml)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-30-error/)
 * I am getting the following error on the settings page after upgrading to 3.0
 * Fatal error: Call to a member function date() on a non-object in /{my_setup}/
   wp-content/plugins/countdown-timer/fergcorp_countdownTimer.php on line 366
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/countdown-timer/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/countdown-timer/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Geezerjim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/actorjiml/)
 * (@actorjiml)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-30-error/#post-2822139)
 * I had to deactivate and re-activate the plugin, and then re-add the widget to
   the sidebar.
 *  Plugin Author [fergbrain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fergbrain/)
 * (@fergbrain)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-30-error/#post-2822190)
 * My apologies on the update issue. A few WP versions ago (3.1 to be precise, [http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14915](http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14915)),
   there was a change to how register_activation_hook works and it no longer fires
   on updates. I didn’t catch that change.
 * I have implemented a fix in 3.0.1 that I believe will solve the update issue 
   by doing a version check against the database and will fire the install action
   if it detects a lower version. This will properly run the update so the plugin
   works. As you have also found, the same functionality can be accomplished by 
   deactivating and reactivating the plugin, but why make people do more work?

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 * Last reply from: [fergbrain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fergbrain/)
 * Last activity: [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-30-error/#post-2822190)
 * Status: resolved