I did further search and found this response from Diane Poremsky; the answer
is closer to yes than no:
you can also create the appointments in excel and import them into outlook.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/countdown.htm
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> After furious head scratching, David R asked:
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> | I'd like the calendar to display how many days are left until
> | 12/31/2006 for planning purposes. Is this possible? If so, how?
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