/*
Script based on the 
"Count down until any date script"
By Website Abstraction (www.wsabstract.com)
modifications & Y2K fix by Bernard Pegis (pegisbt@slu.edu)
usage example:
enclose the following within <script> tags:
countdown(2002,5,18,"Graduation","We Graduate Tomorrow!","We Graduate Today!")
*/

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

function countdown(yr,m,d,event,putext,finaltext)
   {
   var current="<font color=#FF0000 size=+2><blink><b>"+finaltext+"</b></blink></font>"
   var today=new Date();
   var todayy=today.getFullYear();
   var todaym=today.getMonth();
   var todayd=today.getDate();
   var todaystring=montharray[todaym]+" "+todayd+", "+todayy;
   var futurestring=montharray[m-1]+" "+d+", "+yr;
   var difference=(Math.round((Date.parse(futurestring)-Date.parse(todaystring))/(24*60*60*1000))*1);
   if (difference==0)
      {
      if (finaltext !='')
         {
         document.write(current)
         }
      }
   else
      {
      if (difference>0)
         {
         if (difference==1)
            {
            if (putext!='')
               {
               document.write("<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>-"+putext+"-</font>")
               }
            }
         else
            {
            document.write("<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>-</font><font color=#FFFFFF size=-1>"+difference+"</font><font color=#FFFFFF size=-2> days until "+event+"-</font>")
            }
         }
      }
   }

