# Countdown to Specific Date #2

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-to-specific-date-2/114764>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 1, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-to-specific-date-2/114764 "2004-07-01T15:24:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![suzieq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@suzieq](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/suzieq)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown-to-specific-date-2/114764/1 "2004-07-01T15:24:16Z")

</div>

Help!

I am trying to countdown to a date next year (2005) and cannot seem to manipulate the code to make it work 🙂 Help!

```auto
 eventDate = new Date( 2005, 06, 16 , 18 , 0 , 0 , 0); 

```

What am I doing wrong? Please help.  
This is Flash MX.