---
title: Alarm.State.countdown
framework: alarmkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Case
path: alarmkit/alarm/state-swift.enum/countdown
---

# Alarm.State.countdown

The alarm is counting down to its alert time.

## Declaration

```swift
case countdown
```

## Discussion

Discussion Alarms are in this state when they are requested with a countdown duration, or when a person snoozes the alarm.

## See Also

### Setting alarm states

- [Alarm.State.alerting](alarmkit/alarm/state-swift.enum/alerting.md)
- [Alarm.State.paused](alarmkit/alarm/state-swift.enum/paused.md)
- [Alarm.State.scheduled](alarmkit/alarm/state-swift.enum/scheduled.md)