Sprint Countdown Display
A giant wall display counting down calendar days and working days (weekends skipped) to your sprint end or release date, with a progress bar from sprint start to finish. All date math runs offline.
Built by the AbraCalc team
How to play
- Name the sprint or release, then set a start date and an end date; add any holidays to skip, one per line, if your team observes them.
- Watch the two live numbers update: total calendar days remaining, and working days remaining with weekends (and any listed holidays) excluded.
- The progress bar fills from 0 to 100 percent as the sprint moves from its start date toward its end date, so the room can see pace at a glance.
- Pick a theme color and tap Show Full Screen to put the display on a shared monitor — it keeps counting down on its own until the end date arrives.
Name your sprint, set a start and end date, and optionally list holidays to skip, then put the display full screen on the team monitor. It shows two giant numbers side by side — total calendar days left and working days left, with weekends automatically excluded from the second count — so the room can see both the honest countdown and the realistic one. A progress bar tracks how far the sprint has moved from its start date to its end date, filling as the days pass. Every calculation is whole-day, offline date arithmetic with no calendar API involved, so it stays exact across month and year boundaries. Pick a theme color to match your team's dashboard and the countdown keeps updating on its own once it's on screen.
Frequently asked questions
- How is this different from the Event Countdown Display tool?
- Event Countdown Display counts down to an exact date and time, down to the second, for things like a wedding or party. This tool counts whole calendar days and working days to a sprint or release date, with weekends and holidays excluded from the working-day count — a date-only quantity built for planning, not a precise instant.
- How are working days calculated?
- The tool walks forward one calendar day at a time from today to your end date, counting every day that isn't a Saturday, Sunday, or a date you listed as a holiday. This stays accurate across month and year boundaries and is unaffected by daylight saving time changes since every date is handled as a whole calendar day, not a specific time.
- What happens once the end date arrives?
- Both counters clamp at zero instead of going negative, and the full-screen display switches to a calm 'Sprint complete' message rather than showing a countdown running backward.