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+The cntdwn package
+Dated: 2014/11/26
+
+Version v.6 fixes a problem brought on by hyperref. The latter package
+removes underscores from field names. We have a workaround for that.
+
+New: The original version, v.3, had a simple way of calculating the number
+of years (based on 365 days to the year) for a long countdown. This was
+not a problem for counts less than one year, or for counts that spanned
+several years that did not include leap years. This version, v.5, takes
+into account the presence of leap years and now gives a correct year, day,
+hour, minute, and second representation of the time difference between the
+current time and the target event. In v.5a, a new key-value
+pair,autorunenabled, is added; for the long countdown,
+autorunenabled=false suppresses the autorun feature and can be
+dynamically turned on or off using JavaScript.
+
+The cntdwn package provides three sets of timers:
+
+1. A short countdown (or count up) to an event. (Short being defined as
+ less than a day.) The short countdown is designed for talks or
+ presentations. There are three notification times, to announce to the
+ speaker and audience that time is running out.
+2. A long countdown to an event in the (distant) future. There are three
+ notifications leading up to the main event (when counter reaches 0 seconds), and
+ three notifications following the main event.
+3. Clock counters. The cntdwn package allows you to create a clocks that
+ display time and date. Clocks can show local time or time in any
+ foreign time zone.
+
+Extensive customizations are possible, either by redefining commands, or
+creating your own JavaScript functions (using the eforms package) to
+handler the various notification time events.
+
+Requirements: The eforms and hyperref packages.
+
+Simple examples of each type accompany the distribution, advanced examples
+have been published on my AeB Blog site
+http://www.math.uakron.edu/~dpstory/aebblog.html
+
+Now, I simply must get back to my retirement.
+
+Dr. D. P. Story
+www.acrotex.net
+dpstory@uakron.edu
+dpstory@acrotex.net