Date countdown?

Hey guys,

Been an avid viewer on the forum and site but finally something I can't figure out :)

Expressions is not my forte, can you guys point me out on how to do a date countdown by day?

Let's say I can start a specific date (August 21, 2029) to countdown to (June 1, 1887).

So the first thing that countsdown is the day then month then year. Is it very hard?

Thank you to anyone that can point me to the right direction.
John

Thankfully, the javascript Date() object works in After Effects:


monthnames=["january", "february", "march", "april", "may", "june", "july", "august", "september", "october", "november", "december"];

date_1=new Date(2029,7,21); // watchout month 0=januari, 11=:december !
milli_1=date_1.getTime();

date_2=new Date(1887,5,1);
milli_2=date_2.getTime();

//interpolate from 0 to 5 seconds;
t=linear(time,0,5,milli_1,milli_2);

date_3=new Date(t);

monthnames[date_3.getMonth()] + " " + date_3.getDate() + " " + date_3.getFullYear();


You'll probably want to control the interpolation with a slider instead of directly throught time.

I can't get the Numbers thing to work with dates before 12/11/1912, slider=-30000 but this maybe a Mac limitation.