countdown vb code

I've seen several countdown hacks, but they all seemed like way too much. here's a simple countdown vb tag for ya. It requires 1 template edit.

the countdown tag displays the number of days until or since a given date. It displays the date by default but has the option of giving the day a name. it's smart enough to handle the date in many formats like Feb 27 2003 or Feb 27th 2003 or Feb 27, 2003 or February 27th, 2003, or .... ah you get the point

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2 tags with the same title ?

[VampireMan]

I would like to suggest a mod for this , how about having the countdown appear in sig lines using public calendar events for the persons birthday.

I think it's possible , but have no idea how to do this.

[Intex]

Works great. Nice work Mutt.

[zsmom]

I see nothing in the tags as well. I would love to use this!

[ashley53680]

Okay I am working of 3.0.0 RC2... in the showthread there is no :
// -->
</script>

So where do I edit the showthread file on the 3.0.0 RC2?

Thanks!!

[ashley53680]

Also does anyone have it on their 3 Rc2?

[VampireMan]

in showthread template find

<td class="vbmenu_control" id="threadtools">
		<a href="#threadtools">$vbphrase[thread_tools]</a>
		<if condition="$vboptions['usepopups']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("threadtools");

add below the code as mentioned in the file. ignoring the //-->

and carry on following instructions .

It "should" work .. all of mine do

[ashley53680]

I couldn't find that code on my showthread...

is there another showthread?

I am looking in forum/showthread.php

[VampireMan]

it's not a php file -> it's a template in the admin cp

[ashley53680]

Okay... I am in the admincp... and I only have these options...

_vit_cnf
control_examples
importers

The rest are php files...