Flipping Countdown Clock With JavaScript And CSS – countDown.js

Preview:

Description:

countDown.js is a dependency-free JavaScript library for creating a countdown or count up timer just like thretro-lookingng flip clock.

How to use it:

Create a container element to place the countdown clock.

<div class="container"></div>

Download and place the JavaScript file ‘countDown.js’ at the bottom of the webpage.

<script src="countDown.js"></script>

Initialize the countDown.js and specify the end date you want to count to.

var cd = new Countdown({
    cont: document.querySelector('.container'),
    endDate: 1553468400000,
    outputTranslation: {
        year: 'Years',
        week: 'Weeks',
        day: 'Days',
        hour: 'Hours',
        minute: 'Minutes',
        second: 'Seconds',
    },
    endCallback: null,
    outputFormat: 'week|day|hour|minute|second',
});

Style the countdown clock in the CSS.

.countDown_cont {
  font-family: Lato, Arial, Gadget, sans-serif;
  font-size: 13px;
  display: -webkit-box;
  display: -ms-flexbox;
  display: flex;
  color: #333;
}
.countDown_interval_cont {
  display: -webkit-box;
  display: -ms-flexbox;
  display: flex;
  -ms-flex-pack: distribute;
  justify-content: space-around;
  width: auto;
}
.countDown_interval_cont:nth-child(n+1):not(:last-child) { margin-right: 1em; }
.countDown_interval_basic_cont {
  display: -webkit-box;
  display: -ms-flexbox;
  display: flex;
  -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
  -webkit-box-direction: normal;
  -ms-flex-direction: column;
  flex-direction: column;
}
.countDown_interval_basic_cont_description {
  display: -webkit-box;
  display: -ms-flexbox;
  display: flex;
  margin-left: .3em;
  margin-top: 0.3em;
  font-size: 1.2em;
  font-weight: bold;
  color: white;
  text-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em #000000;
}
.countDown_digit_cont {
  -webkit-perspective: 3.2em;
  perspective: 3.2em;
  box-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
  width: 1em;
  height: 1.6em;
  position: relative;
  line-height: 1.6em;
  font-size: 5em;
  font-weight: bold;
  border-radius: 0.08em;
}
.countDown_digit_cont:nth-child(n+1):not(:last-child) { margin-right: 0.05em; }
.countDown_digit_last_placeholder, .countDown_digit_new_placeholder {
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 50%;
  text-align: center;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.countDown_digit_last_placeholder {
  bottom: 0;
  background: white;
  border-radius: 0 0 0.08em 0.08em;
}
.countDown_digit_last_placeholder_inner {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  display: -webkit-box;
  display: -ms-flexbox;
  display: flex;
  -webkit-box-pack: center;
  -ms-flex-pack: center;
  justify-content: center;
  -webkit-box-align: center;
  -ms-flex-align: center;
  align-items: center;
  bottom: 50%;
  position: absolute;
}
.countDown_digit_new_placeholder {
  top: 0;
  background: #f7f7f7;
  border-radius: 0.08em 0.08em 0 0;
}
.countDown_digit_last_rotate, .countDown_digit_new_rotate {
  display: -webkit-box;
  display: -ms-flexbox;
  display: flex;
  -webkit-box-pack: center;
  -ms-flex-pack: center;
  justify-content: center;
  width: 100%;
  height: 50%;
  font-weight: bold;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  -webkit-animation-duration: 0.4s;
  animation-duration: 0.4s;
  -webkit-animation-timing-function: linear;
  animation-timing-function: linear;
  border-radius: 0.08em 0.08em 0 0;
  -webkit-animation-fill-mode: forwards;
  animation-fill-mode: forwards;
  -webkit-transform-origin: 100% 100%;
  transform-origin: 100% 100%;
}
.countDown_digit_last_rotate:after, .countDown_digit_new_rotate:after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  left: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  border-bottom: 0.01em solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}
.countDown_digit_last_rotate {
  -webkit-animation-name: countDown_flip_1;
  animation-name: countDown_flip_1;
  background: #f7f7f7;
}
.countDown_digit_new_rotate {
  -webkit-animation-name: countDown_flip_2;
  animation-name: countDown_flip_2;
  background: white;
}
.countDown_digit_new_rotated {
  -webkit-transform: rotateX(180deg);
  transform: rotateX(180deg);
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}
.countDown_digit_new_rotated_inner {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  display: -webkit-box;
  display: -ms-flexbox;
  display: flex;
  -webkit-box-pack: center;
  -ms-flex-pack: center;
  justify-content: center;
  -webkit-box-align: center;
  -ms-flex-align: center;
  align-items: center;
  bottom: 50%;
  position: absolute;
}
@-webkit-keyframes 
countDown_flip_1 {  0% {
 -webkit-transform: rotateX(0deg);
 transform: rotateX(0deg);
 z-index: 1;
}
 100% {
 -webkit-transform: rotateX(-180deg);
 transform: rotateX(-180deg);
 z-index: 0;
}
}
@keyframes 
countDown_flip_1 {  0% {
 -webkit-transform: rotateX(0deg);
 transform: rotateX(0deg);
 z-index: 1;
}
 100% {
 -webkit-transform: rotateX(-180deg);
 transform: rotateX(-180deg);
 z-index: 0;
}
}
@-webkit-keyframes 
countDown_flip_2 {  0% {
 -webkit-transform: rotateX(0deg);
 transform: rotateX(0deg);
 z-index: 0;
}
 100% {
 -webkit-transform: rotateX(-180deg);
 transform: rotateX(-180deg);
 z-index: 1;
}
}
@keyframes 
countDown_flip_2 {  0% {
 -webkit-transform: rotateX(0deg);
 transform: rotateX(0deg);
 z-index: 0;
}
 100% {
 -webkit-transform: rotateX(-180deg);
 transform: rotateX(-180deg);
 z-index: 1;
}
}

Default configuration options.

var cd = new Countdown({
    cont: null,
    countdown: true,
    endDate: {
      year: 0,
      month: 0,
      day: 0,
      hour: 0,
      minute: 0,
      second: 0
    },
    endCallback: null,
    outputFormat: 'year|week|day|hour|minute|second',
    outputTranslation: {
      year: 'Years',
      week: 'Weeks',
      day: 'Days',
      hour: 'Hours',
      minute: 'Minutes',
      second: 'Seconds',
    }
});

Changelog:

07/29/2020

• fix prefix class generation

07/12/2020

• Updated styles

03/18/2020

• Callback function fixed

10/07/2018

• Add option for count up mode