function setcountdown(theyear,themonth,theday,thehour,themin,thesec){
yr=theyear;mo=themonth;da=theday;hr=thehour;min=themin;sec=thesec
}

//STEP 1: verander hier het aftel - script, in het formaat  year, month, day, hour(0=midnight,23=11pm), minutes, seconds:
setcountdown(2010,02,04,00,00,00)

//STEP 2: verander hieronder de tekst die na het aftellen moet komen, en de boodschap op de dag van het tijdstip, respectively
var occasion=""
var message_on_occasion=""

//STEP 3: verander de 5 variabelen hieronder , te weten  the width, height, background color, and text style of the countdown area
var countdownwidth='100%'
var countdownheight='35px'
var countdownbgcolor=''
var opentags=''
var closetags=''

//////////verander hieronder niets//////////////////

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+'; 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+" "+hr+":"+min+":"+sec
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)
if(dday<10) dday="0"
if(dhour<10) dhour="0"
if(dmin<10) dmin="0"
if(dsec<10) dsec="0"
//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+"Occasion already passed! "+closetags)
document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.close()
}
else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
crosscount.innerHTML=opentags+"Occasion already passed! "+closetags
return
}
//else, if not yet
else{
if (document.layers){
document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.write(opentags+"00"+ "<span style='font-size:15px'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>"+"00"+"<span style='font-size:14px'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>"+"00"+"<span style='font-size:14px'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>"+"00"+closetags)
document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.close()
}
else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
crosscount.innerHTML=opentags+"00"+ "<span style='font-size:15px'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>"+"00"+"<span style='font-size:14px'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>"+"00"+"<span style='font-size:14px'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>"+"00"+closetags
}
setTimeout("countdown()",1000)
}