Date Countdown
Days, hours and minutes until any date.
Runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you enter or upload leaves your device.
What the date countdown does
This tool shows how long is left until a date and time you choose, in days, hours, minutes and seconds, ticking down live. Once the moment passes, it counts the time since instead.
Use it to count down to a holiday, a wedding, an exam, a launch or a deadline, or to see how long it has been since a start date such as a new job. Share the link and friends or colleagues can follow the same countdown.
How to use the date countdown
- Give the event a name if you like.
- Pick the date and time, or choose a preset: New Year, Christmas or 100 days from today.
- The countdown updates every second. Use Copy link to this countdown to share a countdown to the same date and time.
Understanding the results
The four large figures break the time left into days, hours, minutes and seconds. Below them, the same gap is given as total days to two decimal places, total hours, total minutes, and weeks and days, which helps when you plan in weeks. When the page first opens, it counts down to the next New Year.
The countdown measures real elapsed time on your device’s clock. If the clocks go forward or back for daylight saving between now and your date, the total can be an hour more or less than a whole number of days.
Questions
Which time zone is used?
Your device’s time zone. A shared link counts down to that local date and time on the other person’s device, so someone in a different time zone sees a different moment.
What happens when the date passes?
The tool switches to counting the time since the date, and the heading changes from “Time until” to “Time since”.
What does the shared link contain?
The date and time, and the event name if you gave one, written into the address as ?date= and ?title=. Anyone who opens it sees the same countdown, and you can bookmark it to come back to your own.
Can I count down to a time later today?
Yes. Pick today’s date and the time you need, such as the end of a shift or the start of a match, and the days figure simply shows zero.
Is anything saved?
No. The event name and date live only in the page and in any link you choose to share.