Counter from given date

Hey.
I’m trying to create a PowerPoint presentation that when launched will display how many days, hours and minutes have elapsed since a given date and time.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

AFAIK, PP does not have facility to build formulas. Can embed an Excel worksheet that displays calculations.

I did manage to get the attached working.
But it only works when you run the macro and it doesn't update as the presentation plays.
I need it to run on the presentation being launched and continue to update.

Any geniuses out there?

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I guess what I'm trying to make is something like this, the Eric Swalwell timer...

That youtube has nothing to do with a timer.

There is no presentation to play. I executed the code and the timer does continually update display. But timers can be such processor hogs. My laptop sounds like a rocket about to blast off and overheating like crazy.

Have you looked at this post, the user has basically done what you're trying to do VBA Powerpoint - Auto run on open and run in the background - Stack Overflow "I'm trying to create a powerpoint presentation which will show the number of days since an injury in the workplace."

To the best of my knowledge (AFAIK), PowerPoint does not have the capability to construct formulas directly. However, you can incorporate an Excel worksheet that showcases calculations.