Add countdown timers

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It would be useful to define alarms as a period of time.   Under "Add Alarm" 
you could add a third state to the AM/PM toggle (maybe blank?).  Each time the 
alarm is enabled the activation time would be calculated as an offset from the 
current time... basically just a kitchen timer.  

Original issue reported on code.google.com by bengr...@gmail.com on 7 Jul 2010 at 1:09

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This is a little out of the 'alarm clock' context, but a bunch of other people 
have asked for it to.  I'll see if I can throw something together for the 
release after this one.

Original comment by kraigs.a...@gmail.com on 7 Jul 2010 at 2:13

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My thought is that Alarm Klock would make a great Pomodoro timer -- set a 50 
minute timer with a 10 minute snooze -- enable at the start of the day and 
repeat.

Original comment by bengr...@gmail.com on 7 Jul 2010 at 2:57

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This feature request should also include the ability to make the countdown 
timer stop firing after a configurable number of seconds.

Original comment by kraigs.a...@gmail.com on 12 Jul 2010 at 1:58

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I also would be glad to see it. And it IS an alarm clock related since it's 
perfect for taking power naps :-)

Original comment by TKolodzi...@gmail.com on 6 Aug 2010 at 9:55

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Since it is a "Klock" it also has time-measuring functionality.. I'm thinking 
stopwatch function would not be too far out of context for this one. I didn't 
know whether to file a new one or to keep it here, so if you think I should 
create a separate ticket, I'll do it.

Original comment by ridethef...@gmail.com on 10 Jan 2011 at 9:05

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I don't understand how a countdown timer would be out of the alarm clock 
context. I use countdown timers for naps all the time. I switched to Alarm 
Klock for the “alarm volume fade” feature, but now miss the countdown timer 
feature, as I always take 20 minute naps. There are wonderful things that can 
be done with naps: 
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2013/07/how-to-fall-asleep-in-less-than-30-seco
nds/
Thank you all for showing interest in this enhancement!

Original comment by fred...@portstrom.com on 7 Jan 2014 at 6:16