A method is disclosed herein for displaying time lapse for an on-line auction
for
an item in a computer. According to the method, the processor time in the computer
is obtained and compared to the official auction time for the items being auctioned
in the on-line auction which is obtained from the on-line auction service. The
users computer compares the obtained processor time to the obtained official auction
time and correlates the end of time from the on-line auction service to a processor
end of time which corresponds to the user's time. The computer then displays the
time left correlated to the processor's time preferably in a visual countdown graphical icon.
