function renderCountdown(placeholderId)
{
	var remainingTime = countdown();
	if (remainingTime != "")
	{	
		var pl = document.getElementById(placeholderId);
		var content = "";
		
		content += "<div id=\"countdownbanner\">";
		content += "<div id=\"countdownbanner-wrapper\">";		
		content += "<h1>The Federal Tax Credit for purchasing new Electric Golf Cars ends:</h1>";
		content += "<p class=\"countdown\">Thursday, December 31, 2009</p>";
		content += "<p class=\"countdown\">" + remainingTime + "</p>";
		content += "</div>";
		content += "</div>";
		//alert(pl.outerHTML);
		pl.innerHTML = content;
	}
	setTimeout("renderCountdown('" + placeholderId + "');", 1000);
}

function countdown()
{
	var placeholder = document.getElementById("counter");
	var currentDate = new Date();
	var endDate = Date.parse('2009/12/31');

	var diff = endDate.valueOf() - currentDate.valueOf();
	var text = "";
	if (diff > 0)
	{	
		var nDays =  Math.floor(diff / 86400000);	
		diff = diff - (nDays * 86400000);
		var nHours = Math.floor(diff / 3600000);
		diff = diff - (nHours * 3600000);
		var nMinutes = Math.floor(diff / 60000);
		diff = diff - (nMinutes * 60000);
		var nSec = Math.floor(diff / 1000);
		text = nDays + " days " + nHours + "hr  " + nMinutes + "min " + nSec + "sec";
	}

	return text;
}

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