A live countdown to any date and time in your local time zone — with the total in days, hours, minutes and seconds.
Uses your device's local time. Enter the target in local time (datetime-local); the countdown ticks live.
Time remaining
How to use this tool
Choose the date and time in your local time.
The event name appears in the details.
The countdown updates every second.
Total days, hours, minutes and seconds are listed for planning.
Formula & worked example
From 22 October 2026 to New Year (1 January 2027, local midnight) is 71 days — the tool also shows that as 1,704 hours or 102,240 minutes.
Limitations — read this before you rely on it
Browser countdown only — it does not send reminders, and closing the page stops the display. For a guaranteed reminder, also set a calendar event.
Frequently asked questions
Yes — it uses your device's local time, and the target you enter is read as local time too.
The countdown keeps counting up with a 'Passed' label, so you can see how long ago an event was.
The display refreshes every second in the browser; the underlying calculation is just target minus now.
Yes — leave the time at midnight (00:00) local time for a date-only countdown.
Yes, because it subtracts absolute timestamps; a DST change inside the interval is reflected in the total hours.