E.ggTimer: Dead-Easy Countdown Timer

We have mentioned a number of count down timers before, but none of them is as simple and easy as E.ggTimer. To start a timer on E.ggTimer, all you have to do is type the URL http://e.ggtimer.com/ and then in plain English append to it the time you need counted down. For example for 10 minutes you wound enter http://e.ggtimer.com/10minutes.

easy countdown timer

E.ggTimer can count down seconds, minutes, hours, days and years as long as they are entered in logical order. The timer will start once the URL is loaded, and when the counter expires it will alert you with a beeping signal.

easy countdown timer

Check Out E.ggTimer @ e.ggtimer.com (via Lifehacker)


  • Date Added: February 26, 2009
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  • Geoff

    The maximum appears to be 28 years. Odd, that.

    • http://www.makeuseof.com Aibek

      how did you find that out?

      • M

        Try typing a number higher than 28. I assume the browser needs to remain open for the alert.

        Putting a year or more in is just doesn’t make sense! Same goes for several months time.

    • cdk

      Check out http://unixepoch.com/

      The latest time which can be represented by a signed 32-bit number is:
      January 19, 2038 03:14:08 GMT

      • Anonymous

        Thanks for suggestion.

  • Rahraharahboorahhaha

    If you have Google Chrome, you can incorporate this into the omnibox in a nice way.
    1. First, right-click on the omnibox and choose ‘Edit search engines…”.
    2. In the search engine edit window, choose “Add..”
    3. Enter the fields as follows:
    name: e.ggtimer
    keyword: time
    URL: http://e.ggtimer.com/%s
    4. Click OK.

    You can now simply type in the omnibox a search phrase like “time 5 minutes” and e.ggtimer will start a timer for you. Nice huh?

    • Anonymous

      Nice tip, thanx for sharing