Days till date

This little JavaScript will take an event or date in the future and compare it to the current date, then display how many days until that date/event occurs. Pretty neat! Lots of uses… (Marriage countdown, till school’s out countdown, etc)

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<!-- ONE STEP TO INSTALL DAYS TILL DATE:

   1.  Add the first code to the BODY of your HTML document  -->

<!-- STEP ONE: Add the first code to the BODY of your HTML document  -->

<body>

<script LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Original:  Alan Palmer -->
<!-- Web Site:  http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~apalmer -->

<!--Total Java Scripts 99 - Next Step Software-->

<!-- Begin
var date = new Date("January 1, 2000");
var description = "the year 2000";
var now = new Date();
var diff = date.getTime() - now.getTime();
var days = Math.floor(diff / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));
document.write("<center><h3>")
if (days > 1) {
document.write(days + " days until " + description);
}
else if (days == 1) {
document.write("Only two days until " + description);
}
else if (days == 0) {
document.write("Tomorrow is " + description);
}
else {
document.write("It's" + description + "!");
document.write("</h3></center>");
}
// End -->
</script>

<!-- Script Size:  1.16 KB  -->

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* MYCPLUS Sample Code - https://www.mycplus.com *

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* This code is made available as a service to our *

* visitors and is provided strictly for the *

* purpose of illustration. *

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* Please direct all inquiries to saqib at mycplus.com *

*******************************************************/

<!-- ONE STEP TO INSTALL DAYS TILL DATE:

1. Add the first code to the BODY of your HTML document -->

<body>

<!-- Begin

var date = new Date("January 1, 2000");

var description = "the year 2000";

var now = new Date();

var diff = date.getTime() - now.getTime();

var days = Math.floor(diff / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));

document.write("<center><h3>")

if (days > 1) {

document.write(days + " days until " + description);

}

else if (days == 1) {

document.write("Only two days until " + description);

}

else if (days == 0) {

document.write("Tomorrow is " + description);

}

else {

document.write("It's" + description + "!");

document.write("</h3></center>");

}

// End -->

</script>

About The Author

M. Saqib

Days till date

About The Author

M. Saqib

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