dateFuture = new Date(2010,9,16,12,00,00);

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="";
	}
	// 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
		amount=amount%60;

		secs=Math.floor(amount);//seconds

		if(days != 0){out += "<strong>"+days+"</strong>" +" Day"+((days!=1)?"s":"")+" ";}
		if(days != 0 || hours != 0){out += "<strong>"+hours+"</strong>" +" Hr"+((hours!=1)?"s":"")+" ";}
		if(days != 0 || hours != 0 || mins != 0){out += "<strong>"+mins+"</strong>" +" Min"+((mins!=1)?"s":"")+" ";}
		out += "<strong>"+secs+"</strong>" +" S";
		document.getElementById('countbox').innerHTML=out;

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

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