# Have a countdown timer to start based off time of day

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**Created:** [October 31, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/have-a-countdown-timer-to-start-based-off-time-of-day/65884 "2022-10-31T17:34:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Garron\_Miller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a9adbd/32.png) [@Garron\_Miller](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Garron_Miller)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/have-a-countdown-timer-to-start-based-off-time-of-day/65884/1 "2022-10-31T17:34:46Z")

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I'm looking to have a countdown timer based on time. I already have a tag for the current time that is always displayed. What I'm looking to do is for other LEDs to countdown for breaks and lunch for production and stop the "takt" time, then start the "takt" time after the countdown is completed.

I hope I'm making sense.

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/have-a-countdown-timer-to-start-based-off-time-of-day/65884/2 "2022-10-31T17:43:19Z")

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> [@Garron\_Miller](#):
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> I'm looking to have a countdown timer based on time.

Most are.

You're going to do a time-difference calculation. Where is the value for the break end-time, etc., stored?

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/have-a-countdown-timer-to-start-based-off-time-of-day/65884/3 "2022-10-31T17:59:58Z")

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> [@Garron\_Miller](#):
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> the "take" time

Do you mean [Takt Time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takt_time)?

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**Author:** ![Garron\_Miller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a9adbd/32.png) [@Garron\_Miller](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Garron_Miller)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/have-a-countdown-timer-to-start-based-off-time-of-day/65884/4 "2022-10-31T18:07:14Z")

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I do, autocorrect changed it

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/have-a-countdown-timer-to-start-based-off-time-of-day/65884/5 "2022-11-01T11:42:50Z")

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Never heard of takt time, but can you just calc the seconds between the break times / lunch time and the time "now" to get your seconds remaining? Or maybe I'm misunderstanding something..

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2022, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/have-a-countdown-timer-to-start-based-off-time-of-day/65884/6 "2022-11-01T11:45:14Z")

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> [@nminchin](#):
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> Never heard of takt time

Germans are almost as bad as the French when it comes to **not** borrowing English words.