SummaryEdit
This template can be used to display the amount of time left until another moment in time as of the page loading.
This template was originally copied from Wikipedia.
ParametersEdit
Parameter | Scope | Description |
---|---|---|
1 | optional | The time to which the counter is counting down. Uses the time parser function, which is really flexible as far as what time formats it will accept. Required unless using the alternate input form. Insufficient information will be filled in with the user's "current" time. For example, Dec 25 will count down to Christmas 2024, enter the "over" state for the remainder of the year, then count down to Christmas 2025 at the beginning of 2025. |
threshold | optional | The number of time units the countdown will display at any time. Always displays the largest non-zero units. |
over | optional | Text to display when the countdown has ended. Defaults to a basic "(Time) has passed." |
append | optional | Text to display between the countdown and the refresh. |
pre | optional | Text to display in front of the countdown. |
style | optional | CSS to apply to just the numbers. color:red; and font-weight:bold; might be some common ones. |
refresh | optional | Defaults to a small link. Set to image or img for a refresh icon or 0 to disable (not recommended). |
w | optional | Text to display instead of week/weeks |
d | optional | Text to display instead of day/days |
h | optional | Text to display instead of hour/hours |
m | optional | Text to display instead of minute/minutes |
s | optional | Text to display instead of second/seconds |
year | optional | Alternative input year |
month | optional | Alternative input month |
day | optional | Alternative input day |
hour | optional | Alternative input hour (24 hr format) |
minute | optional | Alternative input minute |
second | optional | Alternative input second |
ExamplesEdit
{{Countdown|December 23, 2024 8:15:00pm}}
2 weeks 4 days 16 hours 18 minutes 48 seconds ( )