Questions and answers

Updated 20 October 2026

Short answers about the board. For the longer version, see how the countdown works.

How many days are left in the year?

A common year has 365 days and a leap year 366, so the whole days left after today are the length of the year minus today's day of the year. The board on the home page shows the exact days, hours, minutes and seconds left until midnight on 1 January in the selected time zone, updated every second, and the days-left page gives the count from the first of every month.

Which time zone celebrates New Year first?

Kiritimati in the Line Islands (Pacific/Kiritimati, UTC+14) reaches midnight first. American Samoa (Pacific/Pago Pago, UTC−11) is among the last, 25 hours later.

Why can the countdown differ from a calendar count by an hour?

Because the board counts real time, and a clock change may still lie ahead before New Year. Where the clocks will go back, one hour is added: from 1 October, New York has 92 days and 1 hour left. Where they will go forward, one hour is removed: from 1 October, Sydney has 91 days and 23 hours left. UTC and India, with no clock changes, have exactly 92 days. The board shows the true time remaining, not a calendar approximation.

Does the countdown stay accurate if the tab is in the background?

Yes. Every tick is derived from the device clock, and the board re-reads the clock when the tab becomes visible or the device wakes, so the first frame you see is already correct.

Does this page track me or ask for my location?

The countdown does not. The time zone comes from the browser's own setting via the Intl API, with no location permission. The countdown sets no cookies. The only thing it keeps is your choice to close the line that offers a page in your browser's language, saved in your browser and never sent anywhere. Visits are counted in aggregate by Cloudflare Web Analytics, which uses no cookies and no fingerprinting. Where Google ads appear, Google and its partners may use cookies; the privacy policy explains them and how to opt out.