It has been X since the counter started.
| Or | 6... | ..5. | ..4. | ...3 | ...2 | .... | .1.. | .... | } seconds for the alternative minded. | |||
| 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Just some javascript-play; the algorithm is not perfect. It works with the difference of two *NIX timestamps. So leap-years are observed. I did not care about time zones. Months are supposed to have 30 days.
Values of some digits for the curious (okay, I was curious):
1: 63secs, 2: ~68mins, 3: ~18hours, 4: ~24days, 5: ~388days, 6: ~136years