Rename argument name to something more sensible

and add comment explaining off by 1 error

commands/misc/timer.js

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const parseTime = require('../../util/timer/parseTime');
 const showTimer = require('../../util/timer/showTimer');
 module.exports = {
 	name: "timer",
-	description: "Set a timer for a time in minutes.",
+	description: "Set a timer for a date or time duration.",
 	moreHelp: ["Usage:"
 	,"`<prefix>timer [add|create] <time_in_minutes> <message_to_send>`"
 	,"`<prefix>timer <time>(d|h|m|s|t) <message_to_send>`"

util/timer/createTimer.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const fs = require('fs');
 const parseTime = require('./parseTime');
-const timeSince = require('./timeSince');
+const timeUntil = require('./timeUntil');
 const sqlite3 = require('sqlite3').verbose();
 module.exports = async function (message, args) {
 	const databasePath = 'data/database.db'
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module.exports = async function (message, args) {
 
 	let timeInSeconds;
 	if(Date.parse(args[0]) && parseFloat(args[0]).toString() === args[0]){
-		timeInSeconds = timeSince(args[0]);
+		timeInSeconds = timeUntil(args[0]);
 	}else {
 		timeInSeconds = parseTime(args[0], currentUnixTime);
 	} 

util/timer/timeUntil.js

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-module.exports = function(timeElapsed) {
+module.exports = function(targetTime) {
-
+    let countDownDate = new Date(targetTime).getTime();
-    let countDownDate = new Date(timeElapsed).getTime();
     let now = new Date().getTime();
   
     let distance = countDownDate - now;
@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@ module.exports = function(timeElapsed) {
     let minutes = Math.floor((distance % (1000 * 60 * 60)) / (1000 * 60));
     let seconds = Math.floor((distance % (1000 * 60)) / 1000);
   
-    if (seconds < 0) {
+    if (seconds < 0) { // Due to how the math above works, if the input time is in the past, the time will be off by 1.
       days = days + 1;
       hours = hours + 1;
       minutes = minutes + 1;