Days Until Countdown

Enter a date and see how many days are left. List several events, nearest first, and show any one of them full screen in large numbers.

Features

  • Enter a date and a name to see how many days are left. On the day it says “Today”; past events show how many days ago
  • Keep several events in one list, sorted nearest first. Events with a time also show hours, minutes and seconds left
  • Show one event full screen in large type, and keep the screen awake (in browsers that support the Screen Wake Lock API)
  • “Repeat every year” for birthdays and holidays: after the day, it counts to next year's date
  • Your list is saved on this device, and a share link lets you send the same list to someone else
  • To count working days only, use the Workday Countdown; for the days between two dates, the Date Calculator; for minutes or hours, the Countdown Timer

Use cases

Days until a birthday or anniversary

Turn on “Repeat every year” and it recounts to next year's date on its own.

Exam countdown

Put it full screen on a tablet by your desk so the days left are always in sight.

Trips, events and release dates

Add everything you are looking forward to and see it in one list, nearest first.

Classroom or office display

Show “days until the school festival” on a projector or monitor.

Privacy

Your events are stored only in this browser on this device and are never sent anywhere. A share link carries the list (names, dates, times) after the “#” in the URL. That part is not sent to the server when the page opens, but anyone you give the link to can see it.

FAQ

How are the days counted?

It counts calendar days between today's date and the event's date. An event tomorrow is “in 1 day”, today is “Today”, and yesterday is “1 day ago”. Times do not change the day count, which drops by one at midnight. For events with a time, the time left until then is shown separately.

What about time zones?

“Today” is the date in the time zone set on this device. For an event in another time zone, enter its date and time converted to this device's local time. If you change the device's time zone, the day changes over at that zone's midnight.

What happens to a birthday on February 29?

A yearly event on February 29 is counted as February 28 in years that are not leap years.

What happens to my list when I open a share link?

Opening a share link replaces the list on that device with the shared one. Press “Back to my list” in the bar that appears just under the list heading to restore the list you had before. Your previous list is kept on this device, so you can still restore it after reloading or from another tab, until you press “Keep this list”.

How is this different from the Workday Countdown and Date Calculator?

This page lists calendar days until several events and shows them large. To count only working days (excluding weekends and holidays), use the Workday Countdown. To find the days between two dates or the date N days from now, use the Date Calculator. To time minutes or hours, use the Countdown Timer.

My screen still goes dark in full screen

In full screen the page asks the browser to keep the screen on using the Screen Wake Lock API. It may not work in browsers without support or in power-saving mode. In that case, lengthen the screen timeout in your device settings.

Related tools

Event shown large

Add an event below and it will be shown here in large type.

While in full screen, the screen is kept from turning off (in browsers that support it).

Add an event

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