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Build a Live Countdown Timer for Events in Python

A Python script that displays a real-time countdown to a target date and time, updating every second in the console.

datetime countdown timers
Python
import datetime
import time

def countdown(event_name, target_datetime):
    """Displays a live countdown to a target datetime."""
    while True:
        now = datetime.datetime.now()
        remaining = target_datetime - now
        if remaining.total_seconds() <= 0:
            print(f"\n🚀 {event_name} is happening…
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