Count Down - Annual Occasions

Count Down - Annual Occasions

This script counts the number of days remaining until any annual occasion on the calendar (ie: birthday, Christmas etc). It automatically detects and adjusts to the present year, and if the specified occasion has already passed this year, it displays the days remaining until the next year's.

Example:

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Follow the editing instructions after the // and within the 
to customize the script, then copy and paste it into your HTML editor.

/*
Count Down - Annual Occasions Script
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 for this script and many more
*/

var today=new Date()

//Enter the occasion's MONTH (1-12) and DAY (1-31):
var theoccasion=new Date(today.getFullYear(), 12, 25)

//Customize text to show before and on occasion. Follow grammer below:
var beforeOccasionText="left until Christmas"
var onOccasiontext="Today is Christmas. Happy Holidays"

var monthtext=new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","April","May","June","July","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")
theoccasion.setMonth(theoccasion.getMonth()-1) //change to 0-11 month format
var showdate="("+monthtext[theoccasion.getMonth()]+" "+theoccasion.getDate()+")" //show date of occasion

var one_day=1000*60*60*24
var calculatediff=""

calculatediff=Math.ceil((theoccasion.getTime()-today.getTime())/(one_day))
if (calculatediff<0){ //if bday already passed
var nextyeartoday=new Date()
nextyeartoday.setFullYear(today.getFullYear()+1)
calculatediff=Math.ceil((nextyeartoday.getTime()-today.getTime())/(one_day)+calculatediff)
}

//Display message accordingly
var pluraldayornot=(calculatediff==1)? "day" : "days"
if (calculatediff>0)
	document.write(""+calculatediff+" "+pluraldayornot+" "+beforeOccasionText+" "+showdate+"")
else if (calculatediff==0)
	document.write(""+onOccasiontext+" "+showdate+"")

</SCRIPT>
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