# Countdown timer

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-timer/256748>\
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**Created:** [April 6, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-timer/256748 "2008-04-06T21:38:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stevers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Stevers](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Stevers)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-timer/256748/1 "2008-04-06T21:38:09Z")

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I am trying to make a Countdown timer to use 5 minutes before the begining of church service. Am new to flash MX. Anyone with a walkthrough would really be a blessing. thanks

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**Author:** ![jake0037](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@jake0037](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jake0037)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-timer/256748/2 "2008-07-07T02:45:13Z")

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hi

I’ve discovered with this countdown that if you set a countdown to november or december like the example is miscaluates by 1 hour off, does anyone know how to solve this?

Thanks

[quote=glosrfc;2309065]MX tutorial and source code (page 2) here:  
[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/countdown.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/countdown.htm)

Just change the eventDate variable as required. For example, to set the countdown to run until 5 minutes before a service at noon on Sun, April 13th eventDate = new Date(thisYear, 03, 13, 11, 55);

A search of the forum for “countdown” will also find lots of example FLA’s.[/quote]