# CountDown

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown/197377>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 15, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown/197377 "2006-08-15T22:22:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![luckylawlor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f19dbf/32.png) [@luckylawlor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/luckylawlor)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/countdown/197377/1 "2006-08-15T22:22:19Z")

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Hey,

I am a newbie and I am trying to create a countdown. I want to countdown 30 minutes from a specified time. How would I script this? Would I have to write a .php to get the server’s time?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!