Countdown Timer
Count down to any future date — bookmark or share the URL.
Quick answer: Countdown Timer: count down to any future date — bookmark or share the URL. Runs entirely in your browser, free, no signup.
Last updated
Good to know
A shared countdown is a small thing that solves a real coordination problem: instead of telling people "the launch is at 3pm Eastern" and making everyone do timezone math, you send one link that shows each viewer exactly how much time is left, updating every second. This timer encodes the target moment into the URL itself, which means the countdown survives a page refresh and can be bookmarked or shared without any server storing your event.
The timezone handling is designed to just work. The target you pick is stored as an absolute instant, so a recipient in Tokyo and a recipient in Berlin both count down to the identical moment — they simply see it expressed in their own local time. That is the behavior you want for a global product launch, a webinar start, or a submission deadline, where everyone should hit zero simultaneously regardless of where they are.
Use it for the things people genuinely rally around: sales endings, ticket releases, sprint deadlines, or a personal milestone. Because it runs purely in the browser, an open tab keeps ticking even offline once the page has loaded. If you need to measure elapsed time instead of remaining time, reach for the stopwatch, and to work out the target date in the first place — say, ninety business days out — the date add/subtract tool does the arithmetic.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the countdown free?
- Yes — free with no signup.
- Does it survive a refresh?
- Yes — the target is in the URL, so refreshing keeps the same countdown going.
- Can I share a countdown with someone?
- Yes — copy the URL after setting your target. Anyone who opens it sees the same countdown.
- Is anything uploaded?
- No — the countdown runs entirely in your browser.
- What about time zones?
- The target is interpreted in your local zone. Recipients see the same target instant in their own zone.