Basetime

Live countdowns in your timezone

Live countdowns to holidays and world events — each ticking in your own timezone, with local times for major cities where it matters. No ads. Pick an event below.

New Year 2027
midnight, your zone
Christmas 2026
midnight, your zone
Valentine's Day 2027
midnight, your zone
Halloween 2026
midnight, your zone
17. mai 2027 (Norwegian Constitution Day)
midnight, your zone
Total Solar Eclipse — 2 Aug 2027
one worldwide moment

Bookmark a countdown and it keeps ticking; share the link and each person sees it resolved to their own clock, with no timezone maths on their end. For worldwide instants like the 2027 total solar eclipse, the page also lists the exact local time in major cities so nobody misses it.

The distinction between the two kinds of countdown matters more than it looks. A holiday like New Year isn't a single moment — it sweeps around the planet, hitting midnight one timezone after another, so Sydney celebrates hours before New York. A fixed astronomical event like an eclipse is the opposite: one instant everywhere, and only the wall-clock reading differs. Getting this right is exactly the sort of thing ad-choked world-clock sites tend to fudge, and it's why each page states plainly which kind it is.

Everything here is computed from live timezone data, daylight saving included, so a countdown you open today is still correct if a country changes its clocks before the date arrives. More events are added carefully rather than in bulk — a countdown is only useful if the date behind it is one we're confident about.

FAQ

Whose timezone does the countdown use?

Yours — it reads your device's timezone, so the counter is always to the moment the event happens where you are.

What's the difference between the event types?

Some events are a single worldwide instant (an eclipse); others, like New Year, arrive at midnight one timezone after another. Each page makes clear which it is.