Title: [Plugin: Countdown Timer] How Far in the Future
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: Countdown Timer] How Far in the Future

 *  [devtopics](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devtopics/)
 * (@devtopics)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-how-far-in-the-future/)
 * This is an excellent plugin! However, I am trying to use it to countdown to dates
   far in the future, and it doesn’t seem to work to the year 2040 and beyond. What
   is the latest date supported, and is there a way to extend this further into 
   the future?
 * Thank you for creating this plugin.

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 *  [fergbrain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fergbrain/)
 * (@fergbrain)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-how-far-in-the-future/#post-1155449)
 * Due to limitations in PHP’s strtodate function, the maximum date possible is 
   Tue, 19 Jan 2038 03:14:07 UTC, which corresponds to the maximum value for a 32-
   bit signed integer.
 * There currently is no feasible way to extend this date, however this issue has
   been known for a while and I’ve been working on a solution.
 *  [fergbrain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fergbrain/)
 * (@fergbrain)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-how-far-in-the-future/#post-1155455)
 * Actually, I take that back. It appears that only certain versions of PHP are 
   limited to the 32-bit signed int. If you have PHP 5.1.0 or greater, the problem
   is solved.
 * Since PHP has resolved this problem, I will no loner be working on a solution.

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 * Last reply from: [fergbrain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fergbrain/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-how-far-in-the-future/#post-1155455)
 * Status: not resolved

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