dateFuture = new Date(2010,9,18,24,00,00);

//
//nothing beyond this point
function GetCount(){

	dateNow = new Date();									//grab current date
	amount = dateFuture.getTime() - dateNow.getTime();		//calc milliseconds between dates
	delete dateNow;

	// time is already past
	if(amount < 0){
		document.getElementById('countbox').innerHTML="Now!";
	}
	// date is still good
	else{
		days=0;hours=0;mins=0;secs=0;out="";

		amount = Math.floor(amount/1000);//kill the "milliseconds" so just secs

		days=Math.floor(amount/86400);//days
		amount=amount%86400;

		hours=Math.floor(amount/3600);//hours
		amount=amount%3600;

		mins=Math.floor(amount/60);//minutes
		// make sure to use double digits for minutes (e.g. 03 instead of 3)
		mins = 2;
		mins = mins.toString();
		if (mins.length == 1) {
			mins = "0".toString() + mins;
		}
	
		
		amount=amount%60;		
		secs=Math.floor(amount);//seconds
		// make sure to use double digits for seconds (e.g. 03 instead of 3)
		secs = secs.toString();
		if (secs.length == 1) {
			secs = "0".toString() + secs;
		}

		if(days != 0){out += days +"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;";}
		if(days != 0 || hours != 0){out +=  hours}
		if(days != 0 || hours != 0 || mins != 0){out +=  ":" + mins}
		out += ":" + secs ;
		document.getElementById('countbox').innerHTML=out;

		setTimeout("GetCount()", 1000);
	}
}

window.onload=GetCount;//call when everything has loaded