Dates Until Specified Date (Javascript): Return to List
  <HTML>
  
<HEAD>
  
<TITLE>Christmas Countdown</TITLE>
  
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
  
function getDaysUntilXmas() {
  
    var oneMinute = 60 * 1000
  
    var oneHour = oneMinute * 60
  
    var oneDay = oneHour * 24
  
    var today = new Date()
  
    var nextXmas = new Date()
  
    nextXmas.setMonth(11)
  
    nextXmas.setDate(25)
  
    if (today.getMonth() == 11 && today.getDate() > 25) 
  
    {
  
        nextXmas.setFullYear(nextXmas.getFullYear() + 1)
  
    }
  
    var diff = nextXmas.getTime() - today.getTime()
  
    diff = Math.floor(diff/oneDay)
  
    return diff
  
}
  
</SCRIPT>
  
</HEAD>
  
<BODY>
  
<H1>
  
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
  
var header = "You have <I>" + getDaysUntilXmas()  + "</I> "
  
header += "shopping days until Christmas."
  
document.write(header)
  
</SCRIPT>
  
</H1><HR>
  
</BODY>
  
</HTML>