//change the text below to reflect your own,
		var current = "0d 0h 0s"
		var montharray = new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")
		
		function countdown(yr,m,d){
		theyear=yr;themonth=m;theday=d
		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[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.getElementById("countdown").innerHTML = current
		return 
		}
		else
		document.getElementById("countdown").innerHTML = dday + "d " + dhour + "h " + dmin + "m";
		setTimeout("countdown(theyear,themonth,theday)",1000)
		}
		
		//enter the count down date using the format year/month/day
		countdown(2012,02,16)