function setcountdown(theyear,themonth,theday,thehour,themin,thesec){
yr=theyear;mo=themonth;da=theday;hr=thehour;min=themin;sec=thesec
}

//////////CONFIGURE THE COUNTDOWN SCRIPT HERE//////////////////

//STEP 1: Configure the countdown-to date, in the format year, month, day, hour(0=midnight,23=11pm), minutes, seconds:
//setcountdown(2003,09,12,17,00,00)

//STEP 2: Change the two text below to reflect the occasion, and message to display on that occasion, respectively
var occasion=""

//STEP 3: Configure the below 5 variables to set the width, height, background color, and text style of the countdown area
var countdownwidth='520px'
var countdownheight='35px'
var countdownbgcolor='lightyellow'
var opentags='<font face="Verdana"><small>'
var closetags='</small></font>'

//////////DO NOT EDIT PAST THIS LINE//////////////////

var montharray=new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")
var crosscount=''

function start_countdown(){
	if (document.layers)
		document.countdownnsmain.visibility="show"
	else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
		crosscount=document.getElementById&&!document.all?document.getElementById("countdownie") : countdownie
		countdown()
}

//if (document.all||document.getElementById)
	//document.write('<span id="countdownie" style="width:'+countdownwidth+'; background-color:'+countdownbgcolor+'"></span>')
//	window.onload=start_countdown

function countdown(){
	var today=new Date()
	var todayy=today.getYear()
	if (todayy < 1000)
		todayy+=1900
		var todaym=today.getMonth()
		var todayd=today.getDate()
		var todayh=today.getHours()
		var todaymin=today.getMinutes()
		var todaysec=today.getSeconds()
		var todaystring=montharray[todaym]+" "+todayd+", "+todayy+" "+todayh+":"+todaymin+":"+todaysec
		futurestring=montharray[mo-1]+" "+da+", "+yr+" "+hr+":"+min+":"+sec
		dd=Date.parse(futurestring)-Date.parse(todaystring)
		dday=Math.floor(dd/(60*60*1000*24)*1)
		dhour=Math.floor((dd%(60*60*1000*24))/(60*60*1000)*1)
		dmin=Math.floor(((dd%(60*60*1000*24))%(60*60*1000))/(60*1000)*1)
		dsec=Math.floor((((dd%(60*60*1000*24))%(60*60*1000))%(60*1000))/1000*1)

	//if on day of occasion
	if(dday<=0&&dhour<=0&&dmin<=0&&dsec<=1&&todayd==da){
		if (document.layers){
			document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.write(message_on_occasion)
			document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.close()
		}
		else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
			crosscount.innerHTML="<b>"+message_on_occasion+"</b>"
		return
		}
	//if passed day of occasion
	else if (dday<=-1){
		if (document.layers){
			document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.write(opentags+"Occasion already passed! "+closetags)
			document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.close()
		}
		else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
			crosscount.innerHTML="<b>"+message_on_occasion+"</b>"
		return
	}

	//else, if not yet
	else{
		if (document.layers){
			document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.write(opentags+dday+ " days, "+dhour+" hours, "+dmin+" minutes, and "+dsec+" seconds left until "+closetags)
			document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.close()
		}
		else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
			crosscount.innerHTML="<b>"+dday+ "</b> "+textdays+" <b>"+dhour+"</b> "+texthours+" <b>"+dmin+"</b> "+textmins+" <b>"+dsec+"</b> "+textsecs
		}
		setTimeout("countdown()",1000)
	}