function setcountdown(theyear,themonth,theday,thehour,themin,thesec){
yr=theyear;mo=themonth;da=theday;hr=thehour;min=themin;sec=thesec
}
//////////CONFIGURE THE COUNTDOWN SCRIPT HERE//////////////////

//STEP 1: Configure the countdown-to date, in the format year, month, day, hour(0=midnight,23=11pm), minutes, seconds:
setcountdown(2009,01,21,13,00,00);

//STEP 2: Change the two text below to reflect the occasion, and message to display on that occasion, respectively
var occasion="Passport To Technology"
var message_on_occasion="Pointing you in the right direction"

//STEP 3: Configure the below 5 variables to set the width, height, background color, and text style of the countdown area
var countdownwidth='170px'
var countdownheight='25px'
var countdownbgcolor='#d2e2f2'
var opentags='<font face="Courier New" size=5"><b>'
var closetags='</font></b>'

//////////DO NOT EDIT PAST THIS LINE//////////////////

var montharray=new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")

window.onload=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 on day of occasion
	if(dday<=0&&dhour<=0&&dmin<=0&&dsec<=1&&todayd==da){
		document.getElementById( "countdownnumbers" ).innerHTML= message_on_occasion
		return
	}
	//if passed day of occasion
	else if (dday<=-1){
		document.getElementById( "countdownnumbers" ).innerHTML="Sorry! You missed it this year."+closetags
		return
	}
	//else, if not yet
	else{
		var daygap;
		var hourgap;
		var mingap;
		if( dday > 10 )
			daygap = "&nbsp;&nbsp;"
		else 
			daygap = "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"
		if( dhour > 10 )
			hourgap = "&nbsp;&nbsp;"
		else 
			hourgap = "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"
		if( dmin > 10 )
			mingap = "&nbsp;&nbsp;"
		else 
			mingap = "&nbsp;&nbsp;"
			document.getElementById( "countdownnumbers" ).innerHTML= opentags+ " " + dday + daygap + dhour + hourgap + dmin+ mingap + dsec + " " + closetags;
	 }
	setTimeout("countdown()",1000)
}