DHTML Countdown Timer Code

This script allows you to countdown the time of your web pages on the specified date. This is an excellent script to display on your website or blog to countdown to your family and friends, birthday or special date.

Copy this code into your html editor, JavaScript editor or notepad. Refer SCRIPT CONFIGURATION inside the code about how to customize this script.

Script Demo:

Demo

Dynamic HTML Code:

Insert this code into <head> tags

Insert this code into <body> tags

<script language="JavaScript1.2">

function setcountdown(theyear,themonth,theday) {
  yr=theyear;mo=themonth;da=theday
}

// ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------ //

// Comment: Configure the date that you are counting down to...in the format year, month, day:

setcountdown(2001,10,31)

// Comment: Change the two variables below to reflect the occasion, and message to display on that occasion, respectively

var occasion="Marry's Birthday!"
var message_on_occasion="Happy Birthday, Marry!"

// Comment: Configure the following variables to set the width, height, background color, and text style of the countdown area

var countdownwidth='510px'
var countdownheight='20px'
var countdownbgcolor='#FF0000'
var opentags='<font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">'
var closetags='</font>'

// --------------- Do NOT edit anything after this line. --------------- //

var montharray=new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")
var crosscount=''

function start_countdown(){
if (document.layers)
document.countdownnsmain.visibility="show"
else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
crosscount=document.getElementById&&!document.all?document.getElementById("countdownie") : countdownie
countdown()
}

if (document.all||document.getElementById)
document.write('<span id="countdownie" style="width:'+countdownwidth+'; background-color:'+countdownbgcolor+'"></span>')

window.onload=start_countdown


function countdown(){
var today=new Date()
var todayy=today.getYear()
if (todayy < 1000)
todayy+=1900
var todaym=today.getMonth()
var todayd=today.getDate()
var todayh=today.getHours()
var todaymin=today.getMinutes()
var todaysec=today.getSeconds()
var todaystring=montharray[todaym]+" "+todayd+", "+todayy+" "+todayh+":"+todaymin+":"+todaysec
futurestring=montharray[mo-1]+" "+da+", "+yr
dd=Date.parse(futurestring)-Date.parse(todaystring)
dday=Math.floor(dd/(60*60*1000*24)*1)
dhour=Math.floor((dd%(60*60*1000*24))/(60*60*1000)*1)
dmin=Math.floor(((dd%(60*60*1000*24))%(60*60*1000))/(60*1000)*1)
dsec=Math.floor((((dd%(60*60*1000*24))%(60*60*1000))%(60*1000))/1000*1)
//if on day of occasion
if(dday<=0&&dhour<=0&&dmin<=0&&dsec<=1&&todayd==da){
if (document.layers){
document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.write(opentags+message_on_occasion+closetags)
document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.close()
}
else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
crosscount.innerHTML=opentags+message_on_occasion+closetags
return
}
//if passed day of occasion
else if (dday<=-1){
if (document.layers){
document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.write(opentags+"Occasion already passed! "+closetags)
document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.close()
}
else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
crosscount.innerHTML=opentags+"Occasion already passed! "+closetags
return
}
//else, if not yet
else{
if (document.layers){
document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.write(opentags+dday+ " days, "+dhour+" hours, "+dmin+" minutes, and "+dsec+" seconds left until "+occasion+closetags)
document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.close()
}
else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
crosscount.innerHTML=opentags+dday+ " days, "+dhour+" hours, "+dmin+" minutes, and "+dsec+" seconds left until "+occasion+closetags
}
setTimeout("countdown()",1000)
}
</script>

<ilayer id="countdownnsmain" width=&{countdownwidth}; height=&{countdownheight}; bgColor=&{countdownbgcolor}; visibility=hide><layer id="countdownnssub" width=&{countdownwidth}; height=&{countdownheight}; left=0 top=0></layer></ilayer>

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