Template:Countdown/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Countdown.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template employs intricate features of template syntax.

You are encouraged to familiarise yourself with its setup and parser functions before editing the template. If your edit causes unexpected problems, please undo it quickly, as this template may appear on a large number of pages.
You can conduct experiments, and should test all major changes, in either , the general template sandbox, or your user space before changing anything here.

Usage

Example

{{countdown
 |year       = 9999
 |month      = 1
 |day        = 1
 |hour       = 0
 |minute     = 0
 |event      = 1-1-9999 starts
 |duration   = 86400
 |eventstart = 1-1-9999 has already started
 |eventend   = 1-1-9999 has already ended
}}

There are 2912402 days 2 hours left before 1-1-9999 starts. (refresh)