// retuns local time given an offset from UTC
function localeTime(offset) {
d = new Date();
utc = d.getTime() + (d.getTimezoneOffset() * 60000);
return new Date(utc + (3600000 * offset));
}
// return the number of days until the 2010 Olympics in a given timezone
function countdownDays(offset) {
var date = new Date("February 12, 2010");
var now = localeTime(offset);
var diff = date.getTime() - now.getTime();
var days = Math.floor(diff / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24)) + 1;
if (days < 0) days = 0;
return days;
}
// returns the value of a specified parameter in the URL
/*
function getURLParam(strParamName) {
var strReturn = "";
var strHref = window.location.href;
if (strHref.indexOf("?") > -1) {
var strQueryString = strHref.substr(strHref.indexOf("?")).toLowerCase();
var aQueryString = strQueryString.split("&");
for (var iParam = 0; iParam < aQueryString.length; iParam++) {
if (aQueryString[iParam].indexOf(strParamName.toLowerCase() + "=") > -1) {
var aParam = aQueryString[iParam].split("=");
strReturn = aParam[1];
break;
}
}
}
return unescape(strReturn);
}
*/
// returns the value of a specified parameter in the URL - Added by William (Feb 27, 2009)
function getURLParam(strParamName) {
var strReturn = "";
var PathName = window.location.pathname;
var aQueryString=PathName.split(".");
strReturn=aQueryString[1].toLowerCase();
return unescape(strReturn);
}
// returns a string with a locale-specific message with the numbers of days until the 2010 Olympics
function countdownMessage() {
var startMessage = "";
var startEmphasis = "";
var endEmphasis = "";
var endMessage = "";
var smallindent = "
";
var bigindent = "
";