See the days, hours, minutes and seconds until any date, in your own time zone or the event's, with holiday shortcuts, a share link and a calendar file.
Countdown to a Date
See the days, hours, minutes and seconds until any date, in your own time zone or the event's, with holiday shortcuts, a share link and a calendar file.
The event you enter is kept in this browser so it is there next time, and nothing is sent to ArrayKit. A share link only contains the details you chose to put in it.
Pick a date and time and the Countdown to a Date tool shows the days, hours, minutes and seconds left, ticking live. Below the tiles it restates the gap as weeks and days, as a total number of hours and as the number of Monday to Friday weekdays that remain. The time is read in the zone you choose: your own, UTC or one of about thirty cities, so an event announced in New York means the same moment for everyone. Holiday shortcuts jump to the next Christmas, New Year, Halloween, Easter or Thanksgiving, working out the moving dates for you. When the moment arrives the display changes to It's here and counts up. Copy a link or download a calendar file. Nothing is uploaded.
Features
Live days, hours, minutes and seconds tiles that count down to the exact moment
The same gap as weeks and days, as total hours, and as weekdays remaining from Monday to Friday
Your local time, UTC or about thirty popular zones, with the event time also shown in your own zone
Holiday shortcuts for New Year, Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Eve, the end of the year and next weekend
An It's here state that counts up and says how long ago the event began
A share link that carries the date, time, zone and name, and an .ics calendar file for the moment itself
Display mode that fills the screen with just the name and the tiles, and a live countdown in the tab title
The last event is remembered for your next visit
How to use the Countdown to a Date
Type an event name, then choose a date and time, or tap a holiday shortcut
Pick the time zone the event is set in, or leave it on your local time
Read the tiles and the weeks, hours and weekdays line underneath
Copy the link to share it, download the calendar file, or open display mode for a full-screen view
Example
Input
Event: Christmas
Date: 2026-12-25 Time: 00:00 Zone: UTC
Now: Saturday 10 October 2026, 19:46:51 UTC
Output
Christmas
75 days 04:13:09 to go
= 10 weeks 5 days · = 1,804 hours · 55 weekdays remaining (Mon–Fri)
Days are 24-hour blocks, so 75 days plus 04:13:09 reaches midnight at the start of 25 December.
Common errors & troubleshooting
The countdown shows the wrong day for my friends. — Dates and times are read in the zone you choose. Set the zone the event is announced in, such as the city where it takes place, and the line under the tiles shows the same moment in your own time.
The number of days is one lower than my calendar count. — The tiles count whole 24-hour blocks still to go. When the target time of day is earlier than the time of day now, the tiles show one day fewer than the difference between the two calendar dates, because the last partial day sits on the clock.
A pasted link shows a different time than I expected. — A link carries the zone it was created with. If the zone was missing or unknown the countdown falls back to your local time, so check the zone box before relying on it.
The date field will not accept my date. — Dates must be real calendar days between 1900 and 2200. A day such as 30 February is rejected, so pick it from the date picker or type year-month-day.
Frequently asked questions
How does the Countdown to a Date tool count the days until an event?
It takes the exact moment you set, in the zone you chose, and subtracts the present moment. The result is split into whole days of 24 hours plus hours, minutes and seconds, so a countdown with four hours left today shows the days still to go and that partial day on the clock.
Which time zone should I choose for an event that people in other countries will watch?
Choose the zone the event is announced in, for example the city where a launch or a match happens. Everyone who opens the shared link sees the same moment counting down, and the line below the tiles shows it in their own local time.
What happens when the countdown reaches zero?
The display switches to It's here and counts up instead, showing how long ago the event began, for example 3 h 12 min. The tool makes no sound, so it is safe to leave open on a screen.
Does the countdown count weekdays or calendar days?
The tiles count every day. A separate line says how many weekdays, Monday to Friday, remain after today up to and including the target day. It ignores public holidays, so use a business-days calculator when those matter.
How does the Countdown to a Date share link work?
The link stores the date and time, the zone and the event name in the address, for example ?d=2026-12-25T00:00&z=local&title=Christmas. Anyone opening it sees the same countdown, and the tool checks every value before using it.
How are Easter and Thanksgiving dates worked out by the holiday shortcuts?
Easter is calculated with the standard Western calendar method, giving 5 April in 2026 and 28 March in 2027. Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of November, so 26 November in 2026. Each shortcut picks the next occurrence, counting today until the day ends.
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