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

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

function startCountdown(daysText,hoursText,minsText,secsText){
if (daysText){days=daysText} else {days='days'}
if (hoursText){hours=hoursText} else {hours='hours'}
if (minsText){mins=minsText} else {mins='mins'}
if (secsText){secs=secsText} else {secs='sec'}
  crosscount=document.getElementById&&!document.all?document.getElementById("countdownTimer") : countdownTimer
  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)||dday<=-1){
    crosscount.innerHTML="<strong>"+message_on_occasion+"</strong>"
		return
	}
	//else, if not yet
	else{
		crosscount.innerHTML="<strong>"+dday+ "</strong> "+days+" <strong>"+dhour+"</strong> "+hours+" <strong>"+dmin+"</strong> "+mins+" <strong>"+dsec+"</strong> "+secs;
		setTimeout("countdown()",1000)
	}
}