// 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

    dateFuture = new Date(2011, 5, 11, 12, 00, 00);

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

    function zeroPad(num, count) {
        var numZeropad = num + '';
        while (numZeropad.length < count) {

            numZeropad = "0" + numZeropad;
        }
        return numZeropad;
    }

    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) {
            document.getElementById('countbox').innerHTML = "Now!";
        }
        // 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

            out = "";
            if (days != 0) { out += days + " day" + ((days != 1) ? "s" : "") + ", "; }
            
            if (days != 0 || hours != 0) { out += hours + " hr" + ((hours != 1) ? "s" : "") + ", "; }
            if (days != 0 || hours != 0 || mins != 0) { out += mins + " min" + ((mins != 1) ? "s" : "") + ", "; }
            out += secs + " sec";
            
            //out += zeroPad(hours, 2) + ":" + zeroPad(mins, 2) + ":" + zeroPad(secs, 2); 

            document.getElementById('countbox').innerHTML = "HR-1722 takes effect in " + out + ".";

            if (secs < 30) {
                document.getElementById('countbox').innerHTML = "<span style='color: #005C93;'>HR-1722 takes effect in " + out + ".</span>";
            }                                    
            
            setTimeout("GetCount()", 1000);
        }
    }

    window.onload = GetCount; //call when everything has loaded