Title: [Plugin: Countdown Timer] Countdown since error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: Countdown Timer] Countdown since error

 *  [edrock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/edrock/)
 * (@edrock)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-countdown-since-error/)
 * It seem that the counter does not like to accept any dates prior to 1902.
    If
   you put a date that is before 1902 and click “update” events, it refreshes the
   page, however the Event Date field is empty.
 * So if you wanted to display how many years its been since the first light bulb
   was invented, you cant.

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 *  [fergbrain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fergbrain/)
 * (@fergbrain)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-countdown-since-error/#post-1083355)
 * You are correct that this is, unfortuneatly, a limitation of the timestamp method
   that PHP uses:
 * “Note: The valid range of a timestamp is typically from Fri, 13 Dec 1901 20:45:
   54 UTC to Tue, 19 Jan 2038 03:14:07 UTC.” Source: [http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php](http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php)
 * This is a limitation of using a 32-bit signed integer as the timestamp. In time,
   PHP will eventually move to 64-bit timestamps, which will allow you to express
   literally just about any date you want.
 * Unfortuneatly, there’s really nothing I can do.

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 * Last reply from: [fergbrain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fergbrain/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-countdown-timer-countdown-since-error/#post-1083355)
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