//######################################################################################
// Author: ricocheting.com
// For: public release (freeware)
// Date: 4/24/2003 (update: 5/24/2006)
// Description: displays the amount of time until the "dateFuture" entered below.


// NOTE: the month entered must be one less than current month. ie; 0=January, 11=December
// NOTE: the hour is in 24 hour format. 0=12am, 15=3pm etc
// format: dateFuture = new Date(year,month-1,day,hour,min,sec)
// example: dateFuture = new Date(2003,03,26,14,15,00) = April 26, 2003 - 2:15:00 pm

var dateFuture = new Date(2010,03,04,13,00,00);
var countdownTimer;

// TESTING: comment out the line below to print out the "dateFuture" for testing purposes
//document.write(dateFuture +"<br />");


//###################################
//nothing beyond this point

function startCountdownTimer() {
	getCount();
	timer = new PeriodicalExecuter(getCount,1);
}

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){
		$('countdownHTML').innerHTML="The railway is now open!!";
		timer.stop();
	}
	// 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 += days +" day"+((days!=1)?"s":"")+"<br/> ";}
		if(days != 0 || hours != 0){out += hours +" hour"+((hours!=1)?"s":" ");}
		if(days != 0 || hours != 0 || mins != 0){out += " " +mins +" minute"+((mins!=1)?"s":"")+"<br/> ";}
		out += secs +" seconds";
		$('countdownHTML').innerHTML="The railway will re-open in <br/><span class='timeInfo'>" + out + "</span><br/>";
	}
}