function showElapsedTime()
{
// Description:
// This is a countup script from a specific date in the past.
// It shows the days, hours, minutes and seconds that have elapsed since the start date.
// For added effect, the elapsed time is updated each second.
//
// Set the starting date details.
var startYear = 2008;
var startMonth = 6; // must be between 0 - 11
var startDay = 19; // must be between 1 - 31
var startHour = 0; // must be between 0 - 23
var startMinute = 0; // must be between 0 - 59
var startSecond = 0; // must be between 0 - 59
var startDate = new Date();
startDate.setYear(startYear);
startDate.setMonth(startMonth);
startDate.setDate(startDay);
startDate.setHours(startHour);
startDate.setMinutes(startMinute);
startDate.setSeconds(startSecond);
var rightNow = new Date();
var elapsedTime = rightNow.getTime() - startDate.getTime();
var startNumber = 336050000000 
var myCounter = startNumber + ((elapsedTime / 1000) * 902)

// Set the starting date details.
/*var startYear2 = 2009;
var startMonth2 = 10; // must be between 0 - 11
var startDay2 = 30; // must be between 1 - 31
var startHour2 = 0; // must be between 0 - 23
var startMinute2 = 0; // must be between 0 - 59
var startSecond2 = 0; // must be between 0 - 59
var startDate2 = new Date();
startDate2.setYear(startYear2);
startDate2.setMonth(startMonth2);
startDate2.setDate(startDay2);
startDate2.setHours(startHour2);
startDate2.setMinutes(startMinute2);
startDate2.setSeconds(startSecond2);
var rightNow2 = new Date();
var elapsedTime2 = rightNow2.getTime() - startDate2.getTime();
var one_day=1000*60*60*24;
var elapsedDays = Math.floor( elapsedTime2 / one_day );*/

today = new Date();

BigDay = new Date("December 07, 2009")
msPerDay = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 ;
timeLeft = (BigDay.getTime() - today.getTime());
e_daysLeft = timeLeft / msPerDay;
daysLeft = Math.floor(e_daysLeft);


var startNumber = 336050000000 
var myCounter = startNumber + ((elapsedTime / 1000) * 902)

document.getElementById('elapsedTime').innerHTML = addCommas(myCounter);
t = setTimeout('showElapsedTime()',1000);

document.getElementById('daysRemaing').innerHTML = daysLeft;
}

function addCommas(nStr)
{
	nStr += '';
	x = nStr.split('.');
	x1 = x[0];
	x2 = x.length > 1 ? '.' + x[1] : '';
	var rgx = /(\d+)(\d{3})/;
	while (rgx.test(x1)) {
		x1 = x1.replace(rgx, '$1' + ',' + '$2');
	}
	return x1 + x2;
}