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).
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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