TargetDate = "3/1/2010 6:30 PM";
DisplayFormat = "%%D%% Days, %%H%% Hours, %%M%% Minutes, %%S%% Seconds";
CountActive = true;
FinishMessage = "Action!";
CountStepper = -1;
LeadingZero = true;
CountStepper = Math.ceil(CountStepper);
if(CountStepper == 0){CountActive = false;}

var SetTimeOutPeriod = (Math.abs(CountStepper)-1)*1000 + 990;
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);


function CountBack(secs) {
  if (secs < 0) {
    document.getElementById("officialwebticker").innerHTML = FinishMessage;
    return;
  }
  DisplayStr = DisplayFormat.replace(/%%D%%/g, calcage(secs,86400,100000));
  DisplayStr = DisplayStr.replace(/%%H%%/g, calcage(secs,3600,24));
  DisplayStr = DisplayStr.replace(/%%M%%/g, calcage(secs,60,60));
  DisplayStr = DisplayStr.replace(/%%S%%/g, calcage(secs,1,60));

  document.getElementById("officialwebticker").innerHTML = DisplayStr;
  if (CountActive){
    setTimeout("CountBack(" + (secs+CountStepper) + ")", SetTimeOutPeriod);
  }
}

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