var cDown = document.getElementById('countdown');
//countdown(08, 12, 10, 00, 00, 1);
			
function countdown (day, month, year, hour, minute, format) {
	Today = new Date();
	Todays_Year = Today.getFullYear() - 2000;
	Todays_Month = Today.getMonth();                  

	Todays_Date = (new Date(Todays_Year, Todays_Month, Today.getDate(), 
									Today.getHours(), Today.getMinutes(), Today.getSeconds())).getTime();                                 
	Target_Date = (new Date(year, month - 1, day, hour, minute, 00)).getTime();                  

	Time_Left = Math.round((Target_Date - Todays_Date) / 1000);

	if (Time_Left < 0)	Time_Left = 0;

	switch(format)	{
		case 0:
			  cDown.innerHTML = Time_Left + ' seconds';
			  break;
		case 1:
			  days = Math.floor(Time_Left / (60 * 60 * 24));
			  Time_Left %= (60 * 60 * 24);
			  hours = Math.floor(Time_Left / (60 * 60));
			  Time_Left %= (60 * 60);
			  minutes = Math.floor(Time_Left / 60);
			  Time_Left %= 60;
			  seconds = Time_Left;
			  
			  dps = 's'; hps = 's'; mps = 's'; sps = 's';
			  if (days == 1) dps ='';
			  if (hours == 1) hps ='';
			  if (minutes == 1) mps ='';
			  if (seconds == 1) sps ='';
			  
			  cDown.innerHTML = days + ' day' + dps + '<br/>';
			  cDown.innerHTML += hours + ' hour' + hps + '<br/>';
			  cDown.innerHTML += minutes + ' minute' + mps + '<br/>';
			  cDown.innerHTML += seconds + ' second' + sps;
			  break;
		default: 
			  cDown.innerHTML = Time_Left + ' seconds';
	}
			
	setTimeout('countdown(' + day + ',' + month + ',' + year + ',' + hour + ',' + minute + ',' + format + ');', 1000);
}