Personally, I think the "url hack" is pretty cool; I like having both.
It would be extra cool if it considered each person's local timezone.
It would be extra cool if it considered each person's local timezone.
If you're counting to a date (without a particular time), you'll get the remaining time to midnight in your own timezone. If it's an event with a time, you'll see the start time of the event shown in your local timezone (but the countdown/remaining time will be same everywhere).