After spending quite a bit of time searching both the Bitcointalk.org forum and Google, and not finding simple instructions for how to do this, I thought I'd add type this up. I eventually figured it out by right clicking on a post that had a countdown timer and looking through the source code. Hope this saves you some time.
This will add a countdown timer to your post, like the one below. This particular one is counting down to New Years Day 2014 (UTC).
Timer removed. End time: 2014-01-01+00:00:00UTC
It's pretty simple once you know how!
If you need help converting your local time to UTC take a look at this website:
http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_UTC.aspxIf you found this helpful please consider sending a donation to
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