JS Countdown Placement Holder

countdown_div.html

<div id="countdown" style="position:absolute;padding-top:410px;padding-left:555px;">
	<div id="thecount" style="color:white;font-size:28px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;"></div>
	<script type="text/javascript">
	//change the text below to reflect your own,
	var before="Christmas!"
	var current="Today is Christmas. Merry Christmas!"
	var montharray=new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")

	function countdown(yr,m,d){
	theyear=yr;themonth=m;theday=d
	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[m-1]+" "+d+", "+yr
	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==0&&dhour==0&&dmin==0&&dsec==1){
	document.getElementById('thecount').innerHTML = current
	return
	}
	else
	document.getElementById('thecount').innerHTML=dday+ " DAYS, "+(dhour+1)+" HRS, "+dmin+" MIN"
	setTimeout("countdown(theyear,themonth,theday)",1000)
	}
	//enter the count down date using the format year/month/day
	countdown(2012,7,27)
	</script>
</div>