var dnow
var dthen
var SetTimeOutPeriod
var StartMessage
var CountStepper
var LeadingZero
var FinishMessage
var CountActive


function plural(num){ys='';if(Math.abs(num)!=1)ys='s';return ys}

function calcage(secs, num1, num2) {
  s = ((Math.floor(secs/num1))%num2).toString();
if (s!=0){
stuff="";stuff0="";
if(num1==86400){stuff=" day"+plural(parseInt(s));stuff0=""}
else if(num1==3600){stuff=" hour"+plural(parseInt(s));stuff0=""}
else if(num1==60){stuff=" minute"+plural(parseInt(s));stuff0=""}
else if(num1==1){stuff=" second"+plural(parseInt(s));stuff0=" and "}

if (LeadingZero && s.length < 2) s = "0" + s;
return stuff0+"<b>" + s + "</b>"+stuff;
}
else return ""
}

function CountBack(secs) {
  if (secs < 0) {
    document.getElementById("cntdwn").innerHTML = FinishMessage;
    return;
  }
  DisplayStr = DisplayFormat.replace(/%%D%%/g, calcage(secs,86400,100000));
  DisplayStr = DisplayStr.replace(/%%H%%/g, calcage(secs,3600,24));
  DisplayStr = DisplayStr.replace(/%%M%%/g, calcage(secs,60,60));
  DisplayStr = DisplayStr.replace(/%%S%%/g, calcage(secs,1,60));

	DisplayStr=StartMessage+" is in "+DisplayStr;
  document.getElementById("cntdwn").innerHTML = DisplayStr;
  if (CountActive)
    setTimeout("CountBack(" + (secs+CountStepper) + ")", SetTimeOutPeriod);
}

function putspan(backcolor, forecolor) {
 document.write("<span id='cntdwn' style='background-color:" + backcolor +
                "; color:" + forecolor + "'></span>");
}


function StartTimers(BackColor,ForeColor,CA,CS,LZ,DF,SM,FM,TD)
{
StartMessage=SM
DisplayFormat=DF
FinishMessage=FM
TargetDate=TD
LeadingZero=LZ
CountStepper=CS
CountActive=CA

CountStepper = Math.ceil(CountStepper);
if (CountStepper == 0)
  CountActive = false;
SetTimeOutPeriod = (Math.abs(CountStepper)-1)*1000 + 990;
putspan(BackColor, ForeColor);
dthen = new Date(TargetDate);
dnow = new Date();
if(CountStepper>0)
  ddiff = new Date(dnow-dthen);
else
  ddiff = new Date(dthen-dnow);
gsecs = Math.floor(ddiff.valueOf()/1000);
CountBack(gsecs);
}