function setcountdown(theyear,themonth,theday,thehour,themin,thesec){yr=theyear;mo=themonth;da=theday;h=thehour;m=themin;s=thesec}

//////////CONFIGURE THE COUNTDOWN SCRIPT HERE//////////////////

//STEP 1: Configure the countdown-to date, in the format year, month, day:
setcountdown(2010,04,29,13,00,00)

//STEP 2: Change the two text below to reflect the occasion, and message to display on that occasion, respectively
var occasion="the 30th Festival begins!"
var message_on_occasion="The 30th Shetland Folk Festival has ended.  :("

//STEP 3: Configure the below 5 variables to set the width, height, background color, and text style of the countdown area
var countdownwidth='100%'
var countdownheight='20px'
var countdownbgcolor='white'
var opentags='<font face="Verdana"><medium>'
var closetags='</medium></font>'

//////////DO NOT EDIT PASS THIS LINE//////////////////

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+'; color:green;; text-align: center; background-color:'+countdownbgcolor+'"></span>')

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+" "+h+":"+m+":"+s
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)


hs = ""
ds = ""
ms = ""
ss = ""
if (dday >= 1) { if (dday == 1){ds = dday + " day "} else ds = dday +" days "}
if (dhour >= 1){ if (dhour == 1){hs = dhour + " hour "} else hs = dhour +" hours "}
if (dmin >= 1){ if (dmin == 1){ms = dmin + " minute "} else ms = dmin +" minutes "}
if (dsec >= 1) { if (dsec == 1) {ss = dsec + " second " } else ss = dsec +" seconds "}
resultstring = ds + hs + ms + ss;

//if on day of occasion
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
}
//if passed day of occasion
else if (dday<=-1){
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 not yet
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()
document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.write(opentags+resultstring+"<br>left until "+occasion+closetags)
document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.close()

}
else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
crosscount.innerHTML=opentags+resultstring+"<br>left until "+occasion+closetags
//crosscount.innerHTML=opentags+dday+ " days, "+dhour+" hours, "+dmin+" minutes, and "+dsec+" seconds left until "+occasion+closetags
//crosscount.innerHTML=opentags+futurestring+closetags
}
setTimeout("countdown()",1000)
}