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HTML

<script src="http://flipclockjs.com/_themes/flipclockjs/js/flipclock/flipclock.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://flipclockjs.com/_themes/flipclockjs/css/flipclock.css">
<div class="clock"></div>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function(){
    var date = new Date(2014, 7, 25, 0,0,0,0);
    var today = new Date();
    
    var dif = date.getTime() - today.getTime();
    
    var timeLeft = Math.abs(dif/1000)/60;
    
    var clock = $('.clock').FlipClock({
        autoStart: false,
        clockFace: 'DailyCounter',
        countdown: true
    });
    
    clock.setTime(timeLeft);
    clock.start();   
});