Frequently Asked Questions
Short answers about making a countdown, changing how it looks, saving it, and sharing the link.
Getting Started
CountdownEvent helps you count down to the moments that matter to you, from birthdays and weddings to holidays and other special occasions.
Open Create a countdown, choose an event such as a birthday or wedding, select a design, and enter the event date and time. Add your email to save the countdown and get a link you can share.
Yes. Choose a listed occasion or select Custom event, then enter the name, date, time, and time zone for the moment you are waiting for.
Open a holiday countdown such as Christmas, the 4th of July, Easter, Thanksgiving, Halloween, or New Year. Religious countdowns for Ramadan, Eid, Diwali, and Hanukkah are listed separately. Each page shows the remaining days, hours, minutes, and seconds in your time zone.
Design & Sharing
Yes. Choose from the designs available for your selected event. Personal countdowns also let you set the date, time, and time zone before you save the link.
Yes. After creating a countdown, use Share to copy its link and send it to friends, family, guests, or coworkers. Anyone with the link can view the countdown, so do not include private information in the event name.
Accounts & Saved Countdowns
No account is needed to view public holiday or religious countdowns. Your email is used when you save a personal countdown so you can find it later in My Countdowns.
Yes. Sign in with the same email on another device to find personal countdowns saved to My Countdowns.
CountdownEvent is free to use for public countdowns and personal countdowns.
Support
The timer reaches zero at the selected date and time in the selected time zone. Public annual countdowns then move to their next occurrence after the event has passed.
Email hello@countdownevent.com for questions, feedback, or to report a problem.
You can also write from the Contact page.