# Date Countdown

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/date-countdown/219308>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 15, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/date-countdown/219308 "2007-03-15T16:17:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![matt3](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/matt3/32/2096_2.png) [@matt3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/matt3)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/date-countdown/219308/1 "2007-03-15T16:17:23Z")

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Followed the tutorial to the letter, all pretty self-explanatory.

However couple of things I’ve been really messing around with to try and get it to do.

1. Is it a graphic only thing? Can I replicate this with standard text characters?!? I don’t know enough actionscript yet to even try that hehe.

2. How do I remove the milliseconds and seconds from the display? Is it simply a case of deleting those 2 elements, I daren’t try in case I break something!

Thanks in advance

Matt