Countdown card maker

Enter the date, name the day, and get the count as an image: the number of days left, large; the span in months, weeks and days; and the day it was counted on. No account, no e-mail, nothing stored.

What it does

It counts the whole days between today and the date you are waiting for, and draws that number as a card sized for the way every network unfolds a link. Unlike a story sticker, the card does not expire after a year, and unlike a timer on a page, it is a picture you can post anywhere.

The Embed this snippet under the answer carries the date, not the count: the image is drawn again each time a page loads it, so a countdown on a blog or in a signature stays true a week later. The calendar subscription does the same in a calendar. And the morning after the big day, the same date simply counts up.

How to use it

1. Enter the date you are counting down to.
2. Give it a headline: Wedding, Launch day, Marathon, Last day of school.
3. Pick a reading: night, or paper.
4. Download the image, or take the Embed this snippet: an image that recounts the days each time a page loads it.

Questions

What size is the card?

Two frames. Landscape, 1200 by 630 pixels, is the shape LinkedIn, Facebook, X, WhatsApp and Telegram give to an unfurled link. Portrait, 1080 by 1350, suits a feed post or a story.

Does it show hours and minutes?

No. A countdown people post is counted in days; hours belong to a clock, and a clock is not a picture. The card says this week when there are seven days or fewer to go.

What happens on the day?

The card says so — zero days, and it's today. After that, the same date counts the days since: the tool is the days-since counter read the other way.

Is anything stored?

No. The card is drawn and handed back in the same response. The Embed this and calendar addresses do carry the date and the headline, so anyone who has them can read both.