A simple countdown from a distant date to now. Using the #datediff()# function and the CreateDate function. The first part means "d" for how many days, Now() means the time date right now, then CreateDate turns the numbers in the () into a date using the format (year,month,day).

Simply enclose it in # # and put it between CFoutputs.

<cfoutput>
   #DateDiff("d", Now(), CreateDate(2003,9,11))# days til the 9/11 2 year anniversary.
</cfoutput>