(function () { const second = 1000, minute = second * 60, hour = minute * 60, day = hour * 24; //I'm adding this section so I don't have to keep updating this pen every year :-) //remove this if you don't need it let today = new Date(), dd = String(today.getDate()).padStart(2, "0"), mm = String(today.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, "0"), yyyy = today.getFullYear(), nextYear = yyyy + 1, dayMonth = "09/30/", birthday = dayMonth + yyyy; today = mm + "/" + dd + "/" + yyyy; if (today > birthday) { birthday = dayMonth + nextYear; } //end const countDown = new Date(birthday).getTime(), x = setInterval(function() { const now = new Date().getTime(), distance = countDown - now; document.getElementById("days").innerText = Math.floor(distance / (day)), document.getElementById("hours").innerText = Math.floor((distance % (day)) / (hour)), document.getElementById("minutes").innerText = Math.floor((distance % (hour)) / (minute)), document.getElementById("seconds").innerText = Math.floor((distance % (minute)) / second); //do something later when date is reached if (distance < 0) { document.getElementById("headline").innerText = "It's my birthday!"; document.getElementById("countdown").style.display = "none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display = "block"; clearInterval(x); } //seconds }, 0) }());