Countdown in C

This project is a small countdown-timer to New Year, coded in C using the ncurses library.

Features

automatically selects the next year transition, based on the system time
countdown in the format DDD HH:MM:SS
format changes as the time ticks away, eg. HH:MM:SS to MM:SS to SS to S
runs in the terminal
timer in ASCII-art
coded in C
uses the ncurses library
makefile included

How to use?

compile the code, using the make file, or enter the compile command manually: make or gcc -o countdown countdown.c -lncurses -std=c99
run the compiled executable: ./countdown

License

See the LICENSE file for license rights and limitations (MIT).