NYE

howlong.sh

#!/bin/bash
# retrieve difference seconds for new years day and today's date from epoch
nye=$( date -d "Jan 1 2015" +%s)
today=$( date +"%s")
# get difference in seconds between 2 moments and convert to days/hours/minutes/seconds
seconds=$(($nye - $today))
days=$(($seconds / 86400))
seconds=$(($seconds % 86400))
hours=$(($seconds / 3600))
seconds=$(($seconds % 3600))
minutes=$(($seconds / 60))
seconds=$(($seconds % 60))

echo "$days day(s) $hours hour(s) $minutes minute(s) $seconds second(s) until New Year's"!

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dope! you have seconds declared a lot I was wondering if you used % for a reason?