Template:Countdown/Doc

Summary

This template can be used to display the amount of time left until another moment in time as of the page loading.

This template was originally copied from Wikipedia.

Parameters

Countdown

Parameter	Scope	Description
1	optional	The time to which the counter is counting down. Uses the time parser function, which is really flexible as far as what time formats it will accept. Required unless using the alternate input form. Insufficient information will be filled in with the user's "current" time. For example, Dec 25 will count down to Christmas 2024, enter the "over" state for the remainder of the year, then count down to Christmas 2025 at the beginning of 2025.
threshold	optional	The number of time units the countdown will display at any time. Always displays the largest non-zero units.
over	optional	Text to display when the countdown has ended. Defaults to a basic "(Time) has passed."
append	optional	Text to display between the countdown and the refresh.
pre	optional	Text to display in front of the countdown.
style	optional	CSS to apply to just the numbers. color:red; and font-weight:bold; might be some common ones.
refresh	optional	Defaults to a small link. Set to image or img for a refresh icon or 0 to disable (not recommended).
w	optional	Text to display instead of week/weeks
d	optional	Text to display instead of day/days
h	optional	Text to display instead of hour/hours
m	optional	Text to display instead of minute/minutes
s	optional	Text to display instead of second/seconds
year	optional	Alternative input year
month	optional	Alternative input month
day	optional	Alternative input day
hour	optional	Alternative input hour (24 hr format)
minute	optional	Alternative input minute
second	optional	Alternative input second

Examples

{{Countdown|December 20, 2024 8:15:00pm}}

2 weeks 4 days 8 hours 47 minutes 49 seconds ()