Template:Countdown

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Notes

Please note the following important points before using this template.

The time on this countdown clock is GMT (UTC+0)

• if the event is held in more than a year, the number of years and everything below will be shown
• if the event is held in more than a week, the number of weeks and everything below will be shown
• if the event is held in more than 24 hours, the number of days and everything below will be shown
• if the event is held within 24 hours, the number of hours left and everything below will be shown
• if the event is held within 1 hour, the number of minutes left and the number of seconds left will be shown
• if the event is held within 1 minute, the number of seconds left will be shown

Duration is in seconds, so duration=3600 for a one-hour event. Alternatively, duration and duration unit=//unit// can be used in unison (e.g., duration=1|duration unit=year).

This template should not be used in articles per MOS:TIME and MOS:DATED.

Usage

Editors can use this template as a countdown clock for a lot of different events. The following can show you how to use this template.

Simple Countdown Clock

This type of countdown clock is suitable for events with no duration.

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> There are 2 years, 47 weeks, 5 days, 16 hours, 9 minutes and 55 seconds until 2028 us presidential election. (refresh) </syntaxhighlight>

If you type in the above, something like the following will appear.

There are 2 years, 47 weeks, 5 days, 16 hours, 9 minutes and 55 seconds until 2028 us presidential election. (refresh)

Advanced Countdown Clock

This type of countdown clock is suitable for events with a duration.

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> There is 1 year, 18 weeks, 2 days, 5 hours, 39 minutes and 7 seconds until the event begins. (refresh) </syntaxhighlight>

If you type in the above, something like the following will appear.

There is 1 year, 18 weeks, 2 days, 5 hours, 39 minutes and 7 seconds until the event begins. (refresh) <templatedata> { "params": { "year": {}, "month": {}, "day": {}, "hour": {}, "minute": {}, "second": {}, "event": {}, "duration": {}, "eventstart": {}, "eventend": {} } } </templatedata>