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enddate := 201901311630 ;specify end date code updated for AHKv2

secondsleft := enddate ;sets seconds left to the end date measures in unix time
secondsleft -= a_now, seconds ; deducts the current time measured in unix time from the end time

TimeLeft := (secondsleft * 1000) ;as unix time is in units of seconds - multiply it all by 1000 to get the seconds left with milliseconds
End_Time := A_TickCount + TimeLeft ;sets end time + current number of milliseconds since boot, as when you ran the script as a baseline. this is your zero point latter subtractions will "deduct" a larger number, thusly your counter will go down by "1 second" see sleep 1000
Time_Remaining := true ;initiates the variable
while (Time_Remaining > 0)
{
    Time_Remaining := ( End_Time - A_TickCount )/1000 ;this recalculates numbers of seconds left in roughly one second increments enabling an updated remainder of time to be displayed below is just some math to convert into days hours etc
    Days := floor(Time_Remaining/86400)
    Time_Remaining -= Days * 86400
    Hours := floor(Time_Remaining/3600)
    Time_Remaining -= Hours * 3600
    Minutes := floor(Time_Remaining/60)
    Time_Remaining -= Minutes * 60
    Seconds := floor(Time_Remaining)
    disp_time := "Freedom in: " Days " days - " Hours " hours - " Minutes " minutes - " Seconds " seconds." ;literally just does what it say on the tin, saves current amount of time left in a readable format

    TrayTip disp_time ;prints a popup balloon by the systray after the sleep 1000 it's destroyed and replaced with a new balloon giving the illusion of an auto-updating popup
    Sleep 1000 ;waits for a second before starting loop again
}

^+z::Exit