hackblog@wonderwinds

Another widgetizing plugin you pretty much couldn't live without but had to, till now.

CountDown counts up (from) or down (to) a date and optionally a time of your choosing. It's pretty simple to use but there's a readme just in case you're into that sort of thing. Basically you put in the date and (if you want) the time of your 'event', then pick whatever text you want before and after the bit that it'll make.

"The bit it'll make" will be something like this: 4 years 8 months 23 days 11 hours 41 minutes and 57 seconds. So if you're counting up you'll precede it with something like "It has been " and follow it with something like " since a day in the past". Obviously if you're counting down you'll precede it with something like "Another " and follow it with something like " until a day in the future".

Oh hey it thinks all years are 365 days and all months are 30 days. Much easier that way even though technically it'll seem wrong from time to time. The total number of days it figures out is correct - it's just that you have to know to it there is no such thing as leap year or months with more or less than 30 days. Hey that means you can find a day where it'll say "1 year 12 months and 3 days". Cool! UPDATE: It is probably the most accurate "time since or till" counter that displays in human-friendly terms compliments of my awesome code skills.

Download it, unzip it, upload it, install it via your Global Settings tab, then go to your Blog settings tab to place it on your blog. ... and read the readme!

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