# 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 flows with the surrounding text at the surrounding text's size and colour, so it never breaks the paragraph. It shares the block Countdown's timing engine exactly, so both macros agree to the second, but it deliberately carries none of the styling options.

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## 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.

### Tiles, countdown, medium, center

The change freeze begins in 179d 18h 8m 54s, so merge before then.

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## Settings

| **Setting**                            | **Values**                                                                                                     | **What it changes**                                                                                                                  |
| -------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Title                                  | Free text, up to 75 characters                                                                                 | Optional text printed immediately before the counter, e.g. "Closes in". Panel description: "Optional text shown before the counter". |
| Mode                                   | "Count down to a date" (countdown) / "Count up from a date" (countup)                                          | Whether the timer runs toward the target or away from it.                                                                            |
| Target date & time / Start date & time | A date, plus a time chosen from 48 half-hour slots                                                             | The instant counted to or from.                                                                                                      |
| Time zone                              | Any IANA zone, searchable                                                                                      | Which 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 compact text, e.g. "3d 4h 12m 5s".                                                                         |
| Message when finished                  | Free text                                                                                                      | What replaces the counter once a countdown reaches zero.                                                                             |

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## Related

[Progress barA coloured bar that shows how far along something is, optionally draggable by readers who can e](https://help.gocapable.com/macros/progress-bar.html)

[Progress trackerA horizontal row of numbered, optionally linked steps showing where a process has got to.](https://help.gocapable.com/macros/progress-tracker.html)

[Progress, status and feedbackThe rest of this family.](https://help.gocapable.com/macros/progress-status-and-feedback.html)

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