<countdown> |

`<countdown>` is defined in the Countdown module. This tag counts the time to or from a specified date.

Attributes |
day, hour, iso, mday, min, month, sec, year, combined, days, dogyears, hours, lang, minutes, months, nowp, prec, seconds, since, type, weeks, when, years,

Attributes

Time related attributes

`day`=number, weekday
  Sets the weekday.

`hour`=number
  Sets the hour.

`iso`=year-month-day
  Sets the year, month and day, all at once.

`mday`=number
  Sets the day of month.

`min`=number
  Sets the minute.

`month`=number, month
  Sets the month.

`sec`=number
  Sets the second.

`year`=number
  Sets the year.

Presentation related attributes

`combined`

  Shows an English text describing the time period. Example: 2 days, 1 hour and 5 seconds. You may use the `prec` attribute to limit how precise the description should be. You can also use the `month` attribute if you want to see years/months/days instead of years/weeks/days.

`days`

  Prints the number of days until the time.

`dogyears`

  Prints the number of dog years until the time, with one decimal.

`hours`

  Prints the number of hours until the time.

`lang`=ca es_CA hr cs nl en fi fr de hu it jp mi no pt ru sr si es sv

  Will print the result as words in the chosen language if used together with `type=string`. Available languages are ca, es_CA (Catalan), hr (Croatian), cs (Czech), nl (Dutch), en (English), fi (Finnish), fr (French), de (German), hu (Hungarian), it (Italian), jp (Japanese), mi (Maori), no (Norwegian), pt (Portuguese), ru (Russian), sr (Serbian), si (Slovenian), es (Spanish) and sv (Swedish).

`minutes`

  Prints the number of minutes until the time.

`months`

  Prints the number of month until the time.

`nowp`

  Returns 1 if the specified time is now, otherwise 0. How precise now should be interpreted is defined by the `prec` attributes. The default precision is one day.

`prec`=year month week day hour minute second

  A modifier for the `nowp` and `combined` attributes. Sets the precision for these attributes.

`seconds`

  Prints how many seconds until the time.

`since`

  Counts from a time rather than towards it.

`type`=string number ordered

  How to present the result.

`weeks`

  Prints the number of weeks until the time.

`when`

  Prints when the time will occur. All valid `<date>` tag attributes can be used.

`years`

  Prints the number of years until the time.

Example

source code

    I am  years old.

    There are <countdown year2000 days>
    days left until year 2000.

    Is this a Sunday?

    Yes, this is a Sunday.
    <else>No, it isnīt.</else>

    "=> >

result | I am years old. There are <countdown year2000 days> days left until year 2000. Is this a Sunday? Yes, this is a Sunday. <else>No, it isnīt.</else>