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// Get today's current date.
var now = new Date();

// Array list of days.
var days = new Array('Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday','Friday','Saturday');

// Array list of months.
var months = new Array('January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August','September','October','November','December');

// Calculate the number of the current day in the week.
var date = ((now.getDate()<10) ? "0" : "")+ now.getDate();

// Calculate four digit year.
function fourdigits(number)	{
	return (number < 1000) ? number + 1900 : number;
								}

// Join it all together
today =  days[now.getDay()] + " " + months[now.getMonth()] + " " + date + ", " + (fourdigits(now.getYear()));

function countdown_clock(year, month, day, hour, minute, format)
{
 //I chose a div as the container for the timer, but
 //it can be an input tag inside a form, or anything
 //who's displayed content can be changed through
 //client-side scripting.
 html_code = '<div id="countdown"></div>';
 
 document.write(html_code);
 
 countdown(year, month, day, hour, minute, format);                
}

function countdown(year, month, day, hour, minute, format)
{
 Today = new Date();
 Todays_Year = Today.getFullYear() - 2000;
 Todays_Month = Today.getMonth();                  
 
 //Convert both today's date and the target date into miliseconds.                           
 Todays_Date = (new Date(Todays_Year, Todays_Month, Today.getDate(), 
						 Today.getHours(), Today.getMinutes(), Today.getSeconds())).getTime();                                 
 Target_Date = (new Date(year, month - 1, day, hour, minute, 00)).getTime();                  
 
 //Find their difference, and convert that into seconds.                  
 Time_Left = Math.round((Target_Date - Todays_Date) / 1000);
 
 if(Time_Left < 0)
	Time_Left = 0;
 
 switch(format)
	   {
	   case 0:
			//The simplest way to display the time left.
			document.all.countdown.innerHTML = Time_Left + ' seconds';
			break;
	   case 1:
			//More datailed.
			days = Math.floor(Time_Left / (60 * 60 * 24));
			Time_Left %= (60 * 60 * 24);
			hours = Math.floor(Time_Left / (60 * 60));
			Time_Left %= (60 * 60);
			minutes = Math.floor(Time_Left / 60);
			Time_Left %= 60;
			seconds = Time_Left;
			
			dps = 's'; hps = 's'; mps = 's'; sps = 's';
			//ps is short for plural suffix.
			if(days == 1) dps ='';
			if(hours == 1) hps ='';
			if(minutes == 1) mps ='';
			if(seconds == 1) sps ='';
			
			document.all.countdown.innerHTML = 'DW 2011 starts in ' + days + ' day' + dps + ', ';
			document.all.countdown.innerHTML += hours + ' hour' + hps + ' & ';
			document.all.countdown.innerHTML += minutes + ' minute' + mps
			//document.all.countdown.innerHTML += minutes + ' min' + mps + ' & ';
			//document.all.countdown.innerHTML += seconds + ' sec' + sps;
			break;
	   default: 
			document.all.countdown.innerHTML = Time_Left + ' seconds';
	   }
	   
 //Recursive call, keeps the clock ticking.
 setTimeout('countdown(' + year + ',' + month + ',' + day + ',' + hour + ',' + minute + ',' + format + ');', 1000);
}