Javascript - Adding a Countdown Element to a Web Page

Adding a Countdown Element to a Web Page

Description: Shows a countdown to a specified date

Sample:

Only -6308 days until January 1, 2008

Copy and paste the following code into your source code:

<script language="JavaScript">
var now = new Date();
var then = new Date("January 1, 2008");
var gap = then.getTime() - now.getTime();
gap = Math.floor(gap / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));
document.write("Only " + gap + " days until January 1, 2008");
</script>