timerno5

from time import sleep

def countdown(t):
    print("counting down")

    while t > 0:
        t2 = t # this preserves the countdown timer
        dayz = t2 // (24 * 3600) # captures the no of days
        t2 = t2 % (24 * 3600) # removes no of days from seconds
        hourz = t2 // 3600 # captures no of hours
        t2 %= 3600 # removes no of hours from seconds
        minutez = t2 // 60 # captures no of minutes
        secondz = t2 % 60 # removes no of minutes in seconds
        print("d:h:m:s-> %d:%d:%d:%d" % (dayz, hourz, minutez, secondz)) # %d is a placeholder for the follwoing 4 values
        sleep(1)
        t = t -1 # could write this as t -= t

tgttimer = float(input("enter timer in seconds: ") )

countdown(tgttimer)

print("Times Up!")