function countdown(untilDate, dispElement, finalMessage) {
	var theDate = Date.parse(untilDate);
	var theElement = document.getElementById(dispElement);
	var now = Date.parse((new Date()).toString());
	var dd, dday, dhour, dmin, dsec
	dd = theDate - now;
	if (theElement) {
		if (dd <= 0) {
			theElement.innerHTML = finalMessage;
		} else {
			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);
			theElement.innerHTML = dday 
					+ ":" + ((dhour < 10) ? "0" + dhour : dhour)
					+ ":" + ((dmin < 10) ? "0" + dmin : dmin) 
					+ ":" + ((dsec < 10) ? "0" + dsec : dsec);
		}
	}
	setTimeout("countdown('" + untilDate + "','" + dispElement + "','" + finalMessage + "');", 1000);
}