title: Countdown Timer in React

See [this greenroots blog](https://blog.greenroots.info/how-to-create-a-countdown-timer-using-react-hooks).
The trick is to have a `setInterval` inside a `useEffect` that calls `setCountDown`.
```jsx
import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';

const useCountdown = (targetDate) => {
  const countDownDate = new Date(targetDate).getTime();

  const [countDown, setCountDown] = useState(
    countDownDate - new Date().getTime()
  );

  useEffect(() => {
    const interval = setInterval(() => {
      setCountDown(countDownDate - new Date().getTime());
    }, 1000);

    return () => clearInterval(interval);
  }, [countDownDate]);

  return getReturnValues(countDown);
};

const getReturnValues = (countDown) => {
  // calculate time left
  const days = Math.floor(countDown / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));
  const hours = Math.floor(
    (countDown % (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24)) / (1000 * 60 * 60)
  );
  const minutes = Math.floor((countDown % (1000 * 60 * 60)) / (1000 * 60));
  const seconds = Math.floor((countDown % (1000 * 60)) / 1000);

  return [days, hours, minutes, seconds];
};

export { useCountdown };
```
```jsx
import React from 'react';
import { useCountdown } from './hooks/useCountdown';

const CountdownTimer = ({ targetDate }) => {
  const [days, hours, minutes, seconds] = useCountdown(targetDate);

  if (days + hours + minutes + seconds <= 0) {
    return <ExpiredNotice />;
  } else {
    return (
      <ShowCounter
        days={days}
        hours={hours}
        minutes={minutes}
        seconds={seconds}
      />
    );
  }
};
```
```jsx
const ShowCounter = ({ days, hours, minutes, seconds }) => {
  return (
    <div className="show-counter">
      <a
        href="https://tapasadhikary.com"
        target="_blank"
        rel="noopener noreferrer"
        className="countdown-link"
      >
        <DateTimeDisplay value={days} type={'Days'} isDanger={days <= 3} />
        <p>:</p>
        <DateTimeDisplay value={hours} type={'Hours'} isDanger={false} />
        <p>:</p>
        <DateTimeDisplay value={minutes} type={'Mins'} isDanger={false} />
        <p>:</p>
        <DateTimeDisplay value={seconds} type={'Seconds'} isDanger={false} />
      </a>
    </div>
  );
};
```
```jsx
import React from 'react';

const DateTimeDisplay = ({ value, type, isDanger }) => {
  return (
    <div className={isDanger ? 'countdown danger' : 'countdown'}>
      <p>{value}</p>
      <span>{type}</span>
    </div>
  );
};

export default DateTimeDisplay;
```
Then to use
```jsx
import DateTimeDisplay from './DateTimeDisplay';
```
and put the `DateTimeDisplay` somewhere.