Countdown Timer Online — Days Until Date
Find out how many days, hours and minutes are left until any date. Live countdown to New Year, Christmas, a birthday, wedding or vacation. No registration required.
How to use the countdown timer
Set a live countdown to any important date in three steps — no signup, no apps to install.
Pick a date and time
Choose your target date and, if needed, a time. By default the countdown runs to midnight of the selected day.
Name the event
Optionally add a name — for example, "Christmas", "Wedding" or "Birthday". The label will appear above the digits.
Watch the live counter
Years, months, days, hours, minutes and seconds update every second in real time.
Benefits of this countdown
Accurate to the second
The calculation is precise to the second and correctly handles leap years and daylight saving time.
Ready-made presets
One click sets the timer to New Year, end of year, or September 1 — perfect for the most popular countdowns.
Share with a link
Copy a link with the date and event name in its parameters and send it to a friend — they will see the exact same countdown.
FAQ about the countdown
Can I share the countdown with a link?
Yes, click "Copy link" — the date and event name are saved in the URL, so anyone you send it to will see the same countdown.
Does the timer handle leap years and daylight saving time?
Yes. The calculation runs in milliseconds from the current moment, so all calendar nuances are handled automatically.
What happens if the event is already in the past?
The calculator will show how much time has elapsed since that date instead of counting down — the same years, days and hours, but reversed.
Does the countdown run in the background?
Only while the tab is open. When you reload the page the values are recalculated for the current moment.