function countdown(yr,m,d){
   theyear=yr;
   themonth=m;
   theday=d;
   var montharray=new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec");
  
   var today=new Date()
   var todayy=today.getYear()

   if (todayy < 1000) { todayy+=1900 }
 
   var todaym=today.getMonth()
   var todayd=today.getDate()
   var todayh=today.getHours()
   var todaymin=today.getMinutes()
   var todaysec=today.getSeconds()

   var todaystring=montharray[todaym]+" "+todayd+", "+todayy+" "+todayh+":"+todaymin+":"+todaysec
   
   var futurestring=montharray[m-1]+" "+d+", "+yr
   dd=Date.parse(futurestring)-Date.parse(todaystring)
   dday=Math.floor(dd/(60*60*1000*24)*1)
   dhour=Math.floor((dd%(60*60*1000*24))/(60*60*1000)*1)
   dmin=Math.floor(((dd%(60*60*1000*24))%(60*60*1000))/(60*1000)*1)
   dsec=Math.floor((((dd%(60*60*1000*24))%(60*60*1000))%(60*1000))/1000*1)

   if(dday==0&&dhour==0&&dmin==0&&dsec==1){
      //document.forms.count.count2.value=current
      document.getElementById("counter").innerHTML = "<img border=0 src='./images/counter/completed.jpg'>"
      return
   }
   else {
   //alert(numberpics(dday))
      sep = "<img border=0 src='./images/counter/sep.jpg'>"
      //document.getElementById("counter").innerHTML = "Only "+dday+ " days, "+dhour+" hours, "+dmin+" minutes, and "+dsec+" seconds left until " +
	  document.getElementById("counter").innerHTML = numberpics(dday) + sep + numberpics(dhour) + sep + numberpics(dmin) + sep + numberpics(dsec)
   }

   setTimeout("countdown(theyear,themonth,theday)",1000)
}


function numberpics(num) {
   str = "" + num
   if (str.length == 1) { str = "0" + str }
	  
   returnStr = ""
   i=0
   for (i=0; i < str.length; i++) {
     returnStr = returnStr + "<img border=0 height=23 width=17 src='./images/counter/" + str.charAt(i) + ".jpg'>"
   
   }
   
   return returnStr
}
//enter the count down date using the format year/month/day
//countdown(2007,3,20)