Count down to Christmas morning
Shows you the total time between now and a specific time on Christmas day.
Actions Used
Get Time Between Dates
Subtracts the specified date from the date passed into the action. For example, this action could get the number of minutes from now until a calendar event passed in as input.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Count%20down%20to%20Christmas%20morning
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Count%20down%20to%20Christmas%20morning
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Count down to Christmas morning”
end tell
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