# Countdown timer

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-timer/110452>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 16, 2004, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-timer/110452 "2004-05-16T12:06:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![aliano7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@aliano7](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/aliano7)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-timer/110452/1 "2004-05-16T12:06:27Z")

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Hi,

Im having some problem understanding the codings for the countdown timer tutorial.  
[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/countdown2.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/countdown2.htm)

how do i set a specific date of, maybe a date which is 2 years later or so?

hope someone can help me out~ 🙂 thanks.