<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
   function getTime()
   {
      var textArea = self.document.getElementById( "countdownTextArea" );

      if ( textArea == null )
      {
        alert( "Text Area Not Found!!!" );
        return;
      }

      currenttime = new Date();



      //The next line is the target countdown value
      //It is based on LOCAL TIME to the countdown value
      targettime = new Date( "January 1 2005 00:00:00" );

      dcdays = ( targettime - currenttime ) / 1000 / 60 / 60 / 24;
      dcdaysRound = Math.floor( dcdays );
      dchours = ( targettime - currenttime ) / 1000 / 60 / 60 - ( 24 * dcdaysRound );
      dchoursRound = Math.floor( dchours );
      dcminutes = ( targettime - currenttime ) / 1000 / 60 - ( 24 * 60 * dcdaysRound ) - ( 60 * dchoursRound );
      dcminutesRound = Math.floor( dcminutes );
      dcseconds = ( targettime - currenttime ) / 1000 - ( 24 * 60 * 60 * dcdaysRound ) - ( 60 * 60 * dchoursRound ) - ( 60 * dcminutesRound );
      dcsecondsRound = Math.round( dcseconds );

      // This formats the countdown text.  You can change this to do it any way you like.
      textArea.innerHTML = fillText( dcdaysRound, 2, "0" )
                         + checkPlural( " Day", dcdaysRound )
                         + ", "
                         + fillText( dchoursRound, 2, "0" )
                         +  checkPlural( " Hour", dchoursRound )
                         + ", "
                         + fillText( dcminutesRound, 2, "0", dcminutesRound )
                         + checkPlural( " Minute", dcminutesRound )
                         + "<BR>and " + fillText( dcsecondsRound, 2, "0" )
                         + checkPlural( " second", dcsecondsRound );
     
      if ( currenttime >= targettime )
      {
         // This is the message when the target datetime is hit.  Make sure the countdown string format matches
         // The one above.
         textArea.innerHTML = "00 Days, 00 Minutes, 00 Hours<BR>and 00 Seconds<BR><BR><B>Happy New Year!!</B>";
         return;
      }


      newtime = window.setTimeout( "getTime();", 1000 );
   }


   function checkPlural( noun, value )
   {
      noun = ( value == 1 ) ? noun : noun + "s";
      return ( noun );
   }


   function fillText( text, length, fillChar )
   {
      // If someone knows an esier way to do this
      // please post it.  This seems like an awful
      // lot of work to left fill a string.  It
      // *DOES* work though <grin>
      var counter = 0;
      var localFillChar = fillChar.toString();
      var tempText = text.toString();

      while ( tempText.length < length )
      {
         tempText = localFillChar.toString() + tempText.toString();
         if ( counter < length )
         {
            break;
         }
      }

      return ( tempText );
   }

//-->
</script>

<DIV ALIGN="center" STYLE="font-size: x-small;">
<B>The magic happens in ....</B><BR>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="countdownTextArea" ALIGN="center" STYLE="font-size: xx-small;">
</DIV>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
self.document.onLoad = getTime();
//-->
</script>

Very Useful Tool Geeko ... Site countter on Post#6 ... even !!