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Returns the time that has passed since a specified date.
This variable shares the same behavior with $(countdown)!Both $(countup) and $(countdown) work the exact same way and only coexist for syntactic sugar.If you provide a date in the past, they both will return the time that has passed since then, but if you provide a date in the future instead, they will both return the time that is left until then.

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Parameters

This variable takes one required parameter that is a date string to count up from.
  • Supported Date Formats
    • 2022-01-01
    • Jan 01 2022
    • 01 Jan 2022
    • Jan 1st 2022
    • 1st Jan 2022
    • …
  • Supported Time Formats
    • 14:00:00
    • 02:00:00PM
    • …
A list of more supported date and time formats can be found here.
If you would like to specify a different timezone than coordinated universal time (UTC), you can do so by providing the UTC offset to that timezone (e.g. GMT-0400 for EDT) at the end of the date string.
A list of all existing timezones can be found here.

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Example Output

  • $(countup 2022-01-01 00:00:00) (January 1st, 2022 UTC)
  • $(countup Jan 01 2022 00:00:00 GMT-0400) (January 1st, 2022 EDT)

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Error Output

  • In case no date string is provided, returns the following:
  • In case an invalid date string is provided, returns the following: