Birthday Countdown
Count down to your birthday, or someone else's, in live days, hours, minutes and seconds. Pick the date, name it, and watch the big day get closer.
Pick any future date and time - Birthdays, holidays, launches, exams - And watch it count down live.
A birthday countdown makes the build-up part of the celebration, and it is a gentle reminder to plan the party, the cake and the presents in good time. Set it once and it keeps counting whenever you look back.
How to Set Up a Birthday Countdown
Birthday does not have one universal date, so this page lets you choose the exact day and time that applies to you. Include the local start time rather than only the date if guests, students or colleagues need to arrive at a particular hour.
A birthday countdown needs the person's next birthday and the time zone where the celebration happens. Use midnight for the start of the birthday or enter the party time for a more practical deadline. Include a name in the event field before copying the shareable URL. For planning, work backward from the celebration: confirm guests and venue first, set an ordering deadline for anything personalized, and leave the final day for food, decorations and travel. A child's party, milestone birthday and long-distance video call need different checkpoints even when they share the same final date. Recheck the shared link after any time change.
Setting a birthday that comes back every year
A birthday is the one countdown people want to keep rather than finish. Set it to the next occurrence, name it, and copy the URL once it is running - The link carries the setup, so it will still work when you open it again next year and roll the date forward.
Whether to count to midnight or to the party is a real choice. Midnight is the birthday; the party time is the deadline. If anything has to be ordered, engraved or shipped, the useful target is the party, and a second countdown pointed a fortnight earlier will save the gift arriving the day after.
Birthday Planning Checklist
- Set the exact local date and time
- Add planning checkpoints
- Copy the updated URL after starting to share it
Sharing this with people in other regions, or want the sound and full-screen behaviour explained? The date countdown tool covers time zones, sharing and finish reminders in one place.
Count down to something else
Showing this date elsewhere? Create a date-countdown embed for a website or shared display.