//bieng used on the contest pages. don't touch code
TargetDate = "11/15/2009 11:59 PM";
BackColor = "palegreen";
ForeColor = "navy";
CountActive = true;
CountStepper = -1;
DisplayFormat = "%%W%% Weeks, %%D%% Days Left.";
FinishMessage = "It is finally here!";
/*<script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.hashemian.com/js/countdown.js"></script>
*/

function calcage(secs, num1, num2) {
  s = ((Math.floor(secs/num1))%num2).toString();
  if (s.length < 2)
    s = "0" + s;
  return "<b>" + s + "</b>";
}

function CountBack(secs) {
  if (secs < 0) {
    document.write( FinishMessage);

return;
  }
  DisplayStr = DisplayFormat.replace(/%%W%%/g, calcage(secs,604800,100000));

DisplayStr = DisplayStr.replace(/%%D%%/g, calcage(secs,86400,7));
    document.write(DisplayStr);

}

function putspan(backcolor, forecolor) {
 //document.write("<span class=countMaroon id='cntdwn' " + backcolor + 
          //      "; color:" + forecolor + "'></span>");
}

if (typeof(BackColor)=="undefined")
  BackColor = "white";
if (typeof(ForeColor)=="undefined")
  ForeColor= "black";
if (typeof(TargetDate)=="undefined")
  TargetDate = "12/31/2020 5:00 AM";
if (typeof(DisplayFormat)=="undefined")
  DisplayFormat = "%%D%% Days, %%H%% Hours, %%M%% Minutes, %%S%% Seconds.";
if (typeof(CountActive)=="undefined")
  CountActive = true;
if (typeof(FinishMessage)=="undefined")
  FinishMessage = "";
if (typeof(CountStepper)!="number")
  CountStepper = -1;

CountStepper = Math.ceil(CountStepper);
if (CountStepper == 0)
  CountActive = false;
var SetTimeOutPeriod = (Math.abs(CountStepper)-1)*1000 + 990;
putspan(BackColor, ForeColor);
var dthen = new Date(TargetDate);
var dnow = new Date();
if(CountStepper>0)
  ddiff = new Date(dnow-dthen);
else
  ddiff = new Date(dthen-dnow);
gsecs = Math.floor(ddiff.valueOf()/1000);
CountBack(gsecs);