//Dynamic countdown Script II- ?? Dynamic Drive (www.dynamicdrive.com)
//Support for hour minutes and seconds added by Chuck Winrich (winrich@babson.edu) on 12-12-2001
//For full source code, 100's more DHTML scripts, visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com

function setcountdown(theyear,themonth,theday,thehour,themin,thesec){ yr=theyear;mo=themonth;da=theday;hr=thehour;min=themin;sec=thesec
}
setcountdown(2010,09,18,06,00,00)
var occasion="Oktoberfest 2010!"
var message_on_occasion="The 177th Oktoberfest has begun!"
var countdownwidth='520px'
var countdownheight='35px'
var countdownbgcolor='ADD8E6'
var opentags='<font size="4" face="">'
var closetags='<\/font>'
var montharray=new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")
var crosscount=''
function start_countdown(){ if (document.layers)
document.countdownnsmain.visibility="show"
else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
crosscount=document.getElementById&&!document.all?document.getElementById("countdownie") : countdownie
countdown()
}
if (document.all||document.getElementById)
document.write('<span id="countdownie" style="width:'+countdownwidth+'; background-color:'+countdownbgcolor+'"><\/span>')

//below commented out and added to index.html body to eliminate contention
//window.onload=start_countdown

function countdown(){ 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
futurestring=montharray[mo-1]+" "+da+", "+yr+" "+hr+":"+min+":"+sec
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&&todayd==da){ if (document.layers){ document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.write(opentags+message_on_occasion+closetags)
document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.close()
}
else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
  crosscount.innerHTML=opentags+message_on_occasion+closetags
return
}
else if (dday<=-1){
  if (document.layers){
    document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.write(opentags+"The 177th Oktoberfest has begun!"+closetags)
    document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.close()
  }
  else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
    crosscount.innerHTML=opentags+"The 177th Oktoberfest has begun!"+closetags

  return
}
else{
  if (document.layers){
    document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.write(opentags+dday+ " days, "+dhour+" hours, "+dmin+" minutes, and "+dsec+" seconds left until "+occasion+closetags)
    document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.close()
  }
  else if (document.all||document.getElementById) {
    var myday="days"
    var myhour="hours"
    var myminute="minutes"
    var mysecond="seconds"
    if (dday == 1) myday="day"
    if (dhour == 1) myhour="hour"
    if (dmin == 1) myminute="minute"
    if (dsec == 1) mysecond="second"
    crosscount.innerHTML=opentags+dday+ " "+myday+", "+dhour+" "+myhour+", "+dmin+" "+myminute+", and "+dsec+" "+mysecond+" left until "+occasion+closetags
  }
}
setTimeout("countdown()",1000)
}