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Email countdown timer generator
Build a countdown timer your emails can actually use. Pick a deadline, style it, and copy a copy-paste HTML snippet that works in Gmail, Outlook and Apple Mail.
Your email shows this as an image, so it keeps ticking even when JavaScript is blocked.
Why the timer is an image
Email clients strip JavaScript and most reject CSS animations, so a live clock cannot run inside the message. A hosted countdown image is the one approach Gmail, Outlook and Apple Mail all render.
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Host a renderer
Point a small script or CDN rule at a URL that draws the remaining days, hours, minutes and seconds for the
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Paste the snippet
Drop the generated table into your email builder's HTML view or template.
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Keep a text fallback
Some inboxes block images by default. The fallback line and alt text keep the deadline visible.
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Verify before sending
Open the image URL in a browser and check it renders the time you expect, then test the full email.
Query parameters we append
Your endpoint receives these so it can draw the right timer.
| Parameter | Example | Meaning |
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| end | 1789000000 | Deadline as a Unix timestamp in seconds. |
| tz | Asia/Kolkata | Timezone the deadline was set in. |
| label | Offer ends in | Text shown above the timer. |
| done | This offer has ended | Text shown once the countdown passes zero. |
| theme | boxes | Boxes or inline layout. |
| labels | 1 | Whether to draw the unit labels. |
| bg, fg, accent | 0f172a | Colours as hex without the hash. |
| size | md | Suggested render size. |
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