var month = 0;    // 1 through 12 or '*' within the next month, '0' for the current month
var day   = '1';  // day of month or + day offset
var dow   = 2;    // day of week sun=1 sat=7 or 0 for whatever day it falls on
var hour  = 0;   // 0 through 23 for the hour of the day
var min   =  0;   // 0 through 59 for minutes after the hour
var tz    = -5;   // offset in hours from UTC to your timezone
var lab   = 'cd'; // id of the entry on the page where the counter is to be inserted
  function start() {
    displayCountdown( setCountdown( month, day, hour, min, tz ), lab );
  }
  loaded(lab,start); 
// Countdown Javascript
// copyright 20th April 2005, 1st November 2009 by Stephen Chapman
// permission to use this Javascript on your web page is granted
// provided that all of the code in this script (including these
// comments) is used without any alteration
// you may change the start function if required
  var pageLoaded = 0; window.onload = function() { pageLoaded = 1; }
  function loaded( i, f ) {
    if ( document.getElementById && document.getElementById( i ) != null )
      f();
    else
      if ( !pageLoaded )
        setTimeout( 'loaded(\'' + i + '\',' + f + ')', 100 );
  } 
  function setCountdown( month, day, hour, min, tz ) {
    var m = month;
    if ( month == '*' )
      m = 0;
    var c = setC( m, day, hour, tz );
    if ( month == '*' && c < 0 )
      c = setC( '*', day, hour, tz );
    return c;
  }
  
  function setC( month, day, hour, tz ) {
//  alert( 'setC( ' + month + ', ' + day + ', ' + hour + ', ' + tz + ' )' );
    var toDate = new Date();
    if ( day.substr( 0, 1 ) == '+' ) {
      var day1 = parseInt( day.substr( 1 ) );
      toDate.setDate( toDate.getDate() + day1 );
    } else {
      toDate.setDate( day );
    }
    if ( month == '*' ) {
      toDate.setMonth( toDate.getMonth() + 1 );
    } else {
      if ( month > 0 ) {
        if ( month <= toDate.getMonth() )
          toDate.setFullYear( toDate.getFullYear() + 1 );
          toDate.setMonth( month - 1);
      }
    }
    if ( dow > 0 ) {
      dow--;                              // Sun == 0, Mon == 1, ... Sat == 6
      var dotw = toDate.getDay();         // Day of "THIS" week
      var next = ( dotw < dow ) ? 0 : 7;  // Have we passed it?
      next -= dotw - dow;
//    alert( 'dotw: ' + dotw + '\n dow: ' + dow + '\nnext: ' + next )
      toDate.setDate( toDate.getDate() + next );
    }
    toDate.setHours( hour );
    toDate.setMinutes( min - ( tz * 60 ) );
    toDate.setSeconds( 0 );
//  alert( 'toDate: ' + toDate );
    var fromDate = new Date();
    fromDate.setMinutes( fromDate.getMinutes() + fromDate.getTimezoneOffset() );
    var diffDate = new Date( 0 );
    diffDate.setMilliseconds( toDate - fromDate );
    return Math.floor( diffDate.valueOf() / 1000 );
  }
  
  function displayCountdown( countdn, cd ) {
    if ( countdn < 0 )
      document.getElementById( cd ).innerHTML = "Sorry, you are too late.";
    else {
      var secs = countdn % 60;
      if ( secs < 10 )
        secs = '0' + secs;
      var countdn1 = ( countdn - secs ) / 60;
      var mins = countdn1 % 60;
      if ( mins < 10 )
        mins = '0' + mins;
      countdn1 = ( countdn1 - mins ) / 60;
      var hours = countdn1 % 24;
      var days = ( countdn1 - hours ) / 24;
      document.getElementById( cd ).innerHTML = days + ' days + ' + hours + ':' + mins + ':' + secs;
      setTimeout( 'displayCountdown(' + ( countdn - 1 ) + ',\'' + cd + '\' );',999 );
    }
  }