Tool
Countdown for your site
A free countdown widget for a holiday or any date, pick a design, copy the code, paste it into your website.
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Embed code
Paste this wherever HTML is allowed. The countdown keeps a small, friendly link back to us, that’s all we ask.
How to add a countdown to your website
Pick a holiday, Christmas, New Year, Halloween, Easter and more, or choose
Custom date… to count down to any moment of your own, then pick a
design and a light or dark theme (or “auto”, which quietly matches each visitor’s
system setting). Press Copy embed code and paste the snippet into
your site’s HTML, a blog sidebar, a footer, a landing page, anywhere HTML is
allowed. The countdown is a single <iframe> served from
timezonecompare.com. It loads no third-party scripts, sets no cookies on your page,
and runs no analytics against your visitors; the time is computed live in each
reader’s browser. A recurring holiday rolls forward to next year on its own, so a
“days until Christmas” widget needs no maintenance. Want a full-page countdown
instead? Use the countdown timer, or browse the
ready-made days-until countdowns.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the countdown free to embed?
- Yes. The widget is free for any website, personal or commercial. There is no sign-up and no usage limit.
- Does it slow my page down or track my visitors?
- No. The countdown is a single lightweight iframe that loads only from timezonecompare.com, no third-party scripts, no cookies, no analytics run on your page. The time ticks entirely in the visitor’s own browser.
- Does a holiday countdown reset itself each year?
- Yes. If you pick a recurring event like Christmas or New Year, the widget re-computes the next occurrence on its own, once one year passes it rolls straight to the next, with no code change from you. A custom date counts down to that one moment and then counts up.
- Do I have to keep the “timezonecompare.com” link?
- We ask that you keep the small link visible. It is how people discover the widget. We will never remotely disable your countdown if you change the code; it is your page and your call.