var d = new Date();
var today = Date.parse(d);
var nationals = Date.parse('April 9, 2009 8:00 PST')
var _countDowncontainer=0;
var _currentSeconds=0;

function ActivateCountDown() {
	
	
	SetCountdownText((nationals - today)/1000);
	window.setTimeout("CountDownTick()", 1000);
}

function CountDownTick() {
	if (_currentSeconds <= 0) {
		alert("your time has expired!");
		return;
	}
	
	SetCountdownText(_currentSeconds-1);
	window.setTimeout("CountDownTick()", 1000);
}

function SetCountdownText(seconds) {
	//store:
	_currentSeconds = seconds;
	
	//get minutes:
	var minutes=parseInt(seconds/60);
	
	//shrink:
	seconds = (seconds%60);
	
	//get hours:
	var hours=parseInt(minutes/60);
	
	//shrink:
	minutes = (minutes%60);
	
	var days=parseInt(hours/24);
	
	hours = (hours%24);
	
	var weeks=parseInt(days/7);
	
	days = (days%7);
	
	//build text:
	var strText = AddZero(weeks) + ":" + AddZero(days) + ":" + AddZero(hours) + ":" + AddZero(minutes) + ":" + AddZero(seconds);
	
	
	document.getElementById('weeks').innerHTML = weeks;
	document.getElementById('days').innerHTML = days;
	document.getElementById('hours').innerHTML = hours;
	document.getElementById('mins').innerHTML = minutes;
	document.getElementById('secs').innerHTML = seconds;
	
}

function AddZero(num) {
	return ((num >= 0)&&(num < 10))?"0"+num:num+"";
}