Create countdown timer that will count down 365 days as seconds?

[SPYDRtv]

Hello,

I'm in desperate need of creating a countdown timer for a client video that starts at 31,536,000 (365 days in seconds) and counts all the way down to 000,000,000.  

It would be great to be able to animate it with keyframes so that I can have it hit the zero mark when I need it to in the video, so maybe using an expression isn't the way to go?   I have no idea how to do this, so any advice would be GREATLY appreciated.

Thank you!

[Roland Kahlenberg]

Take a look at this tutorial - https://youtu.be/5WJmrYMifW8

[SPYDRtv]

Thank you, Roland.  I will check this out.  

[SPYDRtv]

Perfect!  That's what I was looking for.   Do you know if there's any addition to this expression that would allow you to end on "000,000,000" instead of just "0"?  Other than that, it's perfect.   Thanks!

[Roland Kahlenberg]

Use this Expression. Replace the number 13 in the line -

numDigits = 13;

with the number of digits you actually require.

You will use the same Expression Point Control as the previous example. FWIW, I essentially combined the original Expression with the last Expression at this URL - 

https://forums.creativecow.net/docs/forums/post.php?forumid=2&postid=863343&univpostid=863343&pview=...

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num = effect("Point Control")(1)[0];
neg = num < 0;
num = Math.abs(num);
numDigits = 13;
numDec = 0;
s = "" + Math.floor(num);
while(s.length < numDigits) s = "0" + s;
if (numDec > 0) s += "." + num.toFixed(numDec).split(".")[1];
if (neg) s = "-" + s;
s.replace(/\B(?=(\d{3})+(?!\d))/g, ",");

[Rick Gerard]

Dan Ebbert's Universal Timer is probably the easiest way to start. You can pretty easily change Dan's expression to use keyframes or sliders for start and end time as well as start and end value.

[SPYDRtv]

Thank's, Rick.  I'll explore this option as well.