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Walnut Timer

Countdown Timer to Any Date

Pick a date and time, add a title and watch the days tick down. Share it with a link.

Pick a date

Pick a date and a time. The countdown uses your own time zone.

Pick a date

Quick picks

This countdown timer counts down to a moment on the calendar, not a number of minutes: a holiday, an exam, a birthday, a launch or the day you leave on a trip. It shows the days, hours, minutes and seconds left in your own time zone, and you can share it with anyone using a link.

How to make a countdown to a date

  1. Pick the date and the time. For the start of a day, such as a birthday, choose midnight (12:00 AM).
  2. Add a title if you like, such as "Beach trip" or "Finals start". It's optional.
  3. Watch it count: days, hours, minutes and seconds, updated live.
  4. Copy the share link if you want to send it to someone or keep it for later.

Quick picks for New Year and Christmas

Two countdowns people look up every year are one tap away. The New Year and Christmas quick picks set the countdown for you, so you can see how many days are left without typing a date.

It counts down in your local time zone

The date and time are read in the time zone of the device the countdown is open on. Midnight means midnight where you are, which is what you want for New Year, a birthday or the first day of a vacation.

The same goes for a shared countdown: the person who opens your link counts down to that date and time on their own clock. That works well for holidays, since everyone counts to their own midnight. For something that happens at one single moment everywhere, like an online launch or a live stream, people in other time zones should set the time as it is for them.

Share a countdown with a link

The share link carries the date and title in the address itself. Nothing is stored on a server and there's no account, so the countdown never depends on anything we keep.

Send it to the group chat before a trip, add it to a class announcement before an exam, or bookmark it so your own countdown is always one click away. Anyone with the link sees the same title and date. Because the title is part of the link, don't put anything private in it.

What happens when it reaches zero

When the countdown hits zero, you get a small celebration on screen and a sound. If you turned on browser notifications and allowed them, you get one of those too.

That moment needs the page to be open, and on a phone it's best to keep it on screen, since phones may pause a page in the background and a locked phone can freeze the browser. On iPhone, the silent switch can mute the sound, and the page needs one tap from you before it can play anything. The numbers themselves are always right whenever you open the page, because they're worked out from your device's clock.

Watching a New Year countdown on a TV or a laptop? Go full screen (F on a computer) so the numbers fill the screen.

What people count down to

  • Holidays: Christmas, New Year, Halloween, Thanksgiving, the first day of summer break.
  • Exams: finals, a licensing exam, a driving test. Seeing the days left makes a study plan feel real.
  • Birthdays and anniversaries: your own, a kid's who asks every morning how many days are left, a wedding date.
  • Launches and deadlines: a product launch, a ticket sale, a project due date, the day an application closes.
  • Trips: the day of a flight, a cruise, a road trip, a move to a new city.
  • Personal goals: race day, the end of a 30-day challenge, retirement.

Frequently asked questions

How many days until Christmas?

It depends on today's date and where you are, so tap the Christmas quick pick. The countdown shows the exact days, hours, minutes and seconds left in your time zone.

How do I make a countdown to a specific date?

Pick the date and time, add a title if you want one, and the countdown shows the days, hours, minutes and seconds left. Copy the share link to send it to someone or keep it.

Can I share my countdown with friends?

Yes. The share link carries the date and title in the address, so anyone who opens it sees the same countdown. Nothing is stored on a server, which also means the title is readable by anyone who has the link.

What time zone does the countdown use?

Your device's own time zone. Someone who opens your link in another time zone counts down to that date and time on their own clock.

Will I hear anything when the countdown ends?

Yes, a sound plays and a small celebration appears, as long as the page is open at that moment. On a phone, keep it on screen, since a locked phone may pause the browser. On iPhone, the silent switch can mute it.

How do I keep my countdown for later?

Copy the share link and bookmark it. The date and title live in the link, so the countdown comes back whenever you open it, worked out fresh from your device's clock.

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