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All About Due Dates

David L. Kutzler, CNM, MS
Certified Nurse-Midwife






Due Date Countdown
You Have
Until Your Due Date

Use this  Due Date Countdown Clock to display a continuously updated clock that counts down the number of weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds until your due date.  Simply select the month, day and year of your due date in the drop-box controls at the bottom of the clock and click the "Set Due Date" button.

There are certain limitations to the due date that you can enter.  The latest due date that you can enter is 280 days from today, which would set the countdown clock to 39 weeks, 6 six days and what is left of today.  Choosing a later due date for the clock doesn't make sense because you haven't even missed a period yet.  If you attempt to set the due date too far in the future, the Due Date Countdown Clock will force the due date to a date that is no more than 280 days from today.  The earliest date that you can enter is today.  This will force the Due Date Coundown Clock to display the message "Your due date is here!!." 

The Due Date Countdown Clock will not allow you to enter an invalid date. For example, if you try to enter "February 30, 2000," for the due date, it will be forced to a legal date, i.e., "February 29, 2000."

If you click the "Save My Due Date As a Cookie" button, the Due Date Countdown Clock will attempt to save your due date as a cookie on your computer.  The Due Date Countdown Clock will look for this cookie on your computer every time that it opens and automatically set the due date to the date in the cookie.  If your browser is configured to reject cookies, the Due Date Countdown Clock will not be able to save your due date as a cookie.  If the date in the Due Date Countdown Clock cookie is too old, i.e., older than today's date, the cookie is rejected and the due date is set to today's date.



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