Google AMP - Date Countdown

Yet another amp component called Amp Date countdown which is used to display days, hours, minutes , seconds till a given date ie Y2K38 ( 2038) by default.The display can be done as per locales of your choice; by default it is en (english).Amp-date-countdown uses amp-mustache template for rendering data.

In this chapter, we will take a look at some working examples to understand amp-date-countdown in more details.

To work with amp-date-countdown, we need to add the following script

For amp-date-countdown

<script async custom-element = "amp-date-countdown" 
   src = "https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0/amp-date-countdown-0.1.js">
</script>

For amp-mustache

<script async custom-template = "amp-mustache" 
   src = "https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0/amp-mustache-0.1.js">
</script>

Amp-date-countdown Tag

The amp-date-countdown tag is as follows −

<amp-date-countdown timestamp-seconds = "2100466648"
   layout = "fixed-height"
   height = "50">
   <template type = "amp-mustache">
      <p class = "p1">
         {{d}} days, {{h}} hours, {{m}} minutes and {{s}} seconds until
         <a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem">
            Y2K38
         </a>.
      </p>
   </template>
</amp-date-countdown>

Attributes for amp-date-countdown

The attributes for amp-date-countdown are listed in the table here −

Sr.No Attribute & Description
1

end-date

An ISO formatted date to count down to. For example, 2025-08-01T00:00:00+08:00
2

timestamp-ms

A POSIX epoch value in milliseconds; assumed to be UTC timezone. For example, timestamp-ms="1521880470000"
3

timestamp-seconds

A POSIX epoch value in seconds; assumed to be UTC timezone. For example, timestamp-seconds="1521880470"
4

timeleft-ms

A value in milliseconds which is left to be counting down. For example, 50 hours left timeleft-ms="180,000,000"
5

offset-seconds (optional)

A positive or negative number which indicated the number of seconds to be added or subtracted from the given end-date. For example, offset-seconds="60" adds 60 seconds to the end-date
6

when-ended (optional)

Specifies whether to stop the timer when it reaches 0 seconds. The value can be set to stop (default) to indicate the timer to stop at 0 seconds and will not pass the final date or continue to indicate the timer should continue after reaching 0 seconds.
7

locale (optional)

An internationalization language string for each timer unit. The default value is en (for English). Supported values are listed in below.

Format

The formats that amp-date-countdown uses to display the countdown are given in the following table −

Sr.No Format & Description
1

d

Display day as 0,1,2,3...infinity
2

dd

Display day as 00,01,02,03...infinity
3

h

Display hour as 0,1,2,3...infinity
4

hh

Display hour as 00,01,02,03...infinity
5

m

Display minute as 0,1,2,3,4 … infinity
6

mm

Display minute as 00,01,02,03….infinity
7

s

Display second as 0,1,2,3...infinity
8

ss

Display second as 00,01,02,03 ….infinity
9

days

Display day or days string as per locale
10

hours

Display hour or hours string as per locale
11

minutes

Display minute or minutes string as per locale
12

seconds

Display second or seconds string as per locale

Example

<!doctype html>
<html amp lang = "en">
   <head>
      <meta charset = "utf-8">
      <script async src = "https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0.js"></script>
      <title>Google AMP - Amp Date-Countdown</title>
      <link rel = "canonical" href = " http://example.ampproject.org/article-metadata.html">
      <meta name = "viewport" content = "width = device-width,minimum-scale = 1,initial-scale = 1">

      <style amp-boilerplate>
         body{-webkit-animation:-amp-start 8s steps(1,end) 
            0s 1 normal both;-moz-animation:
            -amp-start 8s steps(1,end) 0s 1 normal both;-ms-animation:
            -amp-start 8s steps(1,end) 0s 1 normal both;animation:
            -amp-start 8s steps(1,end) 0s 1 normal both
         }
         @-webkit-keyframes 
         -amp-start{from{visibility:hidden}to{visibility:visible}}@-moz-keyframes 
         -amp-start{from{visibility:hidden}to{visibility:visible}}@-ms-keyframes 
         -amp-start{from{visibility:hidden}to{visibility:visible}}@-o-keyframes 
         -amp-start{from{visibility:hidden}to{visibility:visible}}@keyframes 
         -amp-start{from{visibility:hidden}to{visibility:visible}}
      </style>
      <noscript>
         <style amp-boilerplate>
            body{-webkit-animation:none;-moz-animation:none;-ms
               -animation:none;animation:none}
         </style>
      </noscript>

      <script async custom-element = "amp-date-countdown" 
         src = "https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0/amp-date-countdown-0.1.js">
      </script>

      <script async custom-template="amp-mustache" src=
         "https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0/amp-mustache-0.1.js">
      </script>
   </head>
   
   <body>
      <h1>Google AMP - Amp Date-Countdown</h1>
      <amp-date-countdown 
         timestamp-seconds = "2145683234" 
         layout = "fixed-height" 
         height = "50">
         
         <template type = "amp-mustache">
            <p class = "p1">
               {{d}} days, {{h}} hours, {{m}} minutes and 
               {{s}} seconds until
               <a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem">
                  Y2K38
               </a>.
            </p>
         </template>
      </amp-date-countdown>
   </body>
</html>

Output

Amp Fit-Text

Example

Let us understand the amp-countdown attributes offset-seconds with a working example −

<!doctype html>
<html amp lang = "en">
   <head>
      <meta charset = "utf-8">
      <script async src = "https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0.js"></script>
      <title>Google AMP - Amp Date-Countdown</title>
      <link rel = "canonical" href = " http://example.ampproject.org/article-metadata.html">
      <meta name = "viewport" content = "width = device-width,minimum-scale = 1,initial-scale = 1">
      
      <style amp-boilerplate>
         body{
            -webkit-animation:-amp-start 8s steps(1,end) 
            0s 1 normal both;-moz-animation:
            -amp-start 8s steps(1,end) 0s 1 normal both;-ms-animation:
            -amp-start 8s steps(1,end) 0s 1 normal both;animation:
            -amp-start 8s steps(1,end) 0s 1 normal both
         }
         @-webkit-keyframes 
         -amp-start{from{visibility:hidden}to{visibility:visible}}@-moz-keyframes 
         -amp-start{from{visibility:hidden}to{visibility:visible}}@-ms-keyframes 
         -amp-start{from{visibility:hidden}to{visibility:visible}}@-o-keyframes 
         -amp-start{from{visibility:hidden}to{visibility:visible}}@keyframes 
         -amp-start{from{visibility:hidden}to{visibility:visible}}
      </style>
      <noscript>
         <style amp-boilerplate>
            body{
               -webkit-animation:none;-moz-animation:none;-ms
               -animation:none;animation:none}
         </style>
      </noscript>

      <script async custom-element = "amp-date-countdown" 
         src = "https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0/amp-date-countdown-0.1.js">
      </script>

      <script async custom-template = "amp-mustache" 
         src = "https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0/amp-mustache-0.1.js">
      </script>
   </head>
   <body>
      <h1>Google AMP - Amp Date-Countdown</h1>
      <amp-date-countdown 
         end-date = "2020-01-19T08:14:08.000Z" 
         offset-seconds = "-50" 
         layout = "fixed-height" 
         height = "100">

         <template type = "amp-mustache">
            <p class = "p1">
               {{d}} days, {{h}} hours, {{m}} 
               minutes and {{s}} seconds until 50 
               seconds before 2020.
            </p>
         </template>
      </amp-date-countdown>
   </body>
</html>

Output

Amp Countdowns

List of Locales Supported

The following is the list of locales supported by amp-date-countdown −

Sr.No Name & Locale
1

en

English
2

es

Spanish
3

fr

French
4

de

German
5

id

Indonesian
6

it

Italian
7

ja

Japanese
8

ko

Korean
9

nl

Dutch
10

pt

Portuguese
11

ru

Russian
12

th

Thai
13

tr

Turkish
14

vi

Vietnamese
15

zh-cn

Chinese Simplified
16

zh-tw

Chinese Traditional

Now, we will try out one example to display the countdown using one of the locale above.

Example

<!doctype html>
<html amp lang = "en">
   <head>
      <meta charset = "utf-8">
      <script async src = "https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0.js"></script>
      <title>Google AMP - Amp Date-Countdown</title>
      <link rel = "canonical" href = "http://example.ampproject.org/article-metadata.html">
      <meta name="viewport" content="width = device-width, minimum-scale = 1,initial-scale = 1">

      <style amp-boilerplate>
         body{
            -webkit-animation:
            -amp-start 8s steps(1,end)0s 1 normal both;-moz-animation:
            -amp-start 8s steps(1,end) 0s 1 normal both;-ms-animation:
            -amp-start 8s steps(1,end) 0s 1 normal both;animation:
            -amp-start 8s steps(1,end) 0s 1 normal both
         }
         @-webkit-keyframes 
         -amp-start{from{visibility:hidden}to{visibility:visible}}@-moz-keyframes 
         -amp-start{from{visibility:hidden}to{visibility:visible}}@-ms-keyframes 
         -amp-start{from{visibility:hidden}to{visibility:visible}}@-o-keyframes 
         -amp-start{from{visibility:hidden}to{visibility:visible}}@keyframes 
         -amp-start{from{visibility:hidden}to{visibility:visible}}
      </style>
      <noscript>
         <style amp-boilerplate>
            body{
               -webkit-animation:none;
               -moz-animation:none;
               -ms-animation:none;
               animation:none}
         </style>
      </noscript>

      <script async custom-element = "amp-date-countdown" 
         src = "https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0/amp-date-countdown-0.1.js">
      </script>

      <script async custom-template = "amp-mustache" 
         src = "https://cdn.ampproject.org/v0/amp-mustache-0.1.js">
      </script>
   </head>
   
   <body>
      <h1>Google AMP - Amp Date-Countdown</h1>
      <amp-date-countdown 
         locale = "ja" 
         end-date = "2020-01-19T08:14:08.000Z" 
         offset-seconds = "-50" 
         layout = "fixed-height" 
         height = "100">
         
         <template type = "amp-mustache">
            <p class = "p1">
               {{d}} {{days}}, {{h}} {{hours}}, {{m}} 
               {{minutes}} and {{s}} {{seconds}} until 
               50 seconds before 2020.
            </p>
         </template>
      </amp-date-countdown>
   </body>
</html>

Output

Amp Countdown locale
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