Watchface: Countdown (by TeunMo)

Initially created as 2016 - Countdown this watch face counted down to New Year 2016, but now made configurable to count down to any event.



This watch face features:

• Time of day;
  
• Configurable countdown timer;
  
• Battery status;
  
• Steps (can be turned of by user setting);
  
• Date, if not showing steps
  
• Icons for Bluetooth, Alarm and Notifications;
  
• ... and more
  

The watch face can be found here.

*********** Requirements ***********
Connect IQ version 1.2 or above

*********** Settings ***********

• Event date and time: the date and time of the event to count down to, formatted as described below
  
• Countdown message: message to be displayed above the countdown timer
  
• Finish message: message to be displayed after the event date and time has passed
  
• Show steps: if set to true and steps are enabled on the device, the percentage of daily steps is shown, else the watch face will display the current date.
  

General information about app settings can be found here
*********** Finish date and time formatting ***********
There's a couple of ways you can format the finish date and time.

Date (required):

• DD-MM-YYYY (ie 16-03-2016)
  
• MM/DD/YYYY (ie 03/16/2016)
  

Time (optional, default is midnight):

• HH:mm (ie 14:58)
  
• hh:mm (ie 2:58 PM)
  

Time zone (optional, default is local time zone):

• z (ie +1)
  
• zz:zz (ie +01:00)
  

Notes about time zones and daylight saving time (DST):

• If you travel between time zones, it's recommended to specify a time zone;
  
• If no time zone is specified, general DST rules for the northern hemisphere (DST between last Sunday of March and last Sunday of October) are assumed. If your country has DST in a different period or if the target date is between the mentioned dates while the current date is not, it's advized to specify a time zone;
  
• 'DST' at the end of the date and time forces DST to be calculated for the event date.
  

The formal ISO8601 format is also supported: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mmTZD (ie 2016-03-16T14:58+01:00)

Some examples:

• 16-03-2016 (local midnight)
  
• 16-03-2016 14:58 (local time)
  
• 03/16/2016 2:58 PM (local time)
  
• 16-03-2016 2:58PM (local time)
  
• 16-03-2016 14:58 +1:00
  
• 16-03-2016 14:58 UTC+1
  
• 16-03-2016 14:58 DST (local time, but forcing daylight saving time)
  

*********** Version history ***********
v1.0: Count down to event of your choice.
v0.x: Initial versions. Counted down to New Year