It generates a GIF image of the number of hits to the browser as an in-lined image. The program also has runtime option not to show the digit images, this way the can be kept without displaying it. The hits can be monitored without incrementing from a separate page as well. Almost all the features are runtime options. The hits are not accurate.
Someone can reload the page again and again to increase the hits.
However, people like to see how many times someone visited their page. The same program can be used to count hits for any number of Web pages for any number of users. The program can be used to display time or date as well. The time or date of any place in the world can be displayed by specifying a time zone string for that location. The counter stores the hits in this file.