Setup

Include a locale file with jCountdown. The locale file loads its settings as the defaults.

<script src="../src/jquery.jcountdown.js"></script>
<script src="../locale/jquery.jcountdown-de.js"></script>

Setup html

//HTML

<p id="timer"></p>

Setup jCountdown as you normally would

// JavaScript
$(document).ready(function() {

    $("#timer").countdown({
        date: "february 2, 2016 09:59",
        yearsAndMonths: true
    });

});