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How many days until your date?
Choose a date and clock time for a birthday, trip, appointment or deadline. The timer reads your local clock automatically and can fill a larger screen.
Browse holidays & countdownsMidnight marks the start of the date. Change the time for your event. Calendar days count date boundaries; the live clock counts elapsed seconds.
Reading your device clock…
Live countdown
Your event · Choose a date at 00:00 ·
Choose a valid date and time. A time skipped by daylight saving cannot be used.
Your selections stay in this browser and are not submitted to a server or put in the URL. Full screen shows the timer; move the pointer, touch the screen or press a key to reveal its controls. Escape exits full screen.
Example: count down to Christmas
Load the Christmas example to choose the next December 25. Midnight counts to its beginning. Choose an evening time to count down to a party instead.
Why do calendar days and the live timer differ?
The calendar answer counts midnight-to-midnight date steps. The timer measures seconds to your selected time. A partial day or daylight-saving change can make the timer’s full 24-hour blocks different from the calendar-day answer.