Not a lot of code needed, just a small helper function to calculate days difference and then a replace content with whatever you want.
Full sample:
<html>
<div id="counter" />
<script type="text/javascript">
function daysDifference($startDate, $endDate) {
oneDay = 24*60*60*1000;
return Math.ceil(($endDate.getTime() - $startDate.getTime()) / oneDay);
}
// 2015/01/01
$startDate = new Date(2015, 0, 1);
// 2015/12/31
$endDate = new Date(2015, 11, 31);
$today = new Date();
document.getElementById("counter").innerHTML = 'Day ' + daysDifference($startDate, $today) + ': ' + daysDifference($today, $endDate) + ' days left';
</script>
</html>
solved Countdown in days