Countdown inline
A compact text-only countdown that ticks inside a sentence.
Use this when a deadline belongs in the middle of a line of prose rather than as a block on its own - "Submissions close in 3d 4h 12m", "Incident open for 2h 41m". It picks up the size and colour of the text around it, so it never breaks the paragraph. It keeps time exactly like the block Countdown macro, so the two always agree to the second. It deliberately has none of Countdown's styling options.
#See it
Every example below is a real macro on this page, not a screenshot, and each one is a configuration taken from a page somebody actually built. Open this page in the editor to see how any of them is set up.
#Counting down inside a sentence
The change freeze begins in 132d 16h 58m 55s, so merge before then.
#Settings
Setting | Values | What it changes |
|---|---|---|
Title | Free text, up to 75 characters | Optional text shown just before the counter, e.g. "Closes in". |
Mode | "Count down to a date" or "Count up from a date" | Whether the timer runs toward the date or away from it. |
Target date & time / Start date & time | A date, plus a time in half-hour steps | The moment the timer counts to or from. |
Time zone | Any time zone, searchable | Which time zone the date and time are entered in. |
Units | Days · Hours · Mins · Secs / Days · Hours · Mins / Days only / Hours · Mins · Secs / Hours · Mins / Hours only | Which units appear in the counter, e.g. "3d 4h 12m 5s". |
Message when finished | Free text | What replaces the counter once a countdown reaches zero. |
#Related
These carry state. Keep them true.
