/**
* Utility function for displaying a up/down time counter.
*
* @param inputDate :: The date of the launch/mission
* @param imgSuffix :: The suffix used for the images
* @param imgPath :: The relative path for the images
*/
function MissionTimer(inputDate, divId) {

    //added arrays to replace the time zones for opera browser issue
	var inputString = inputDate.toString();
	    var replacedString = null;
		var timeZone =        new Array("UTC", "EDT",      "EST",      "PDT",      "PST" ,      "CDT",      "CST",      "MDT",      "MST",      "AKDT",     "AKST",     "ADT",      "AST",      "HST");
		    var timeZoneReplace = new Array("UTC-0000", "UTC-0400", "UTC-0500", "UTC-0700", "UTC-0800" , "UTC-0500", "UTC-0600", "UTC-0600", "UTC-0700", "UTC-0800", "UTC-0900", "UTC-0300", "UTC-0400", "UTC-1000");
		    
			for(var i=0;i<timeZone.length;i++){
				if(inputString.match(timeZone[i])==timeZone[i]){
					  replacedString = inputString.replace(timeZone[i],timeZoneReplace[i]);
						}
						    }
						    
							var now = new Date();
							    gmt_now = now.toUTCString();   
								now_ms = Date.parse(gmt_now)
								    var launch = new Date(replacedString);
									var gmt_launch = launch;
									    gmt_launch = launch.toUTCString();
										launch_ms = Date.parse(gmt_launch);
										    var gap =launch_ms-now_ms;
										    
											if (gap < 0) {
												gap = Math.abs(gap);
												    }
												    
												    
													var day_gap_raw = (gap/(1000*60*60*24));
													    var hr_gap_raw = (gap/(1000*60*60));
														var min_gap_raw = (gap/(1000*60));
														
														    var day_gap = Math.floor(gap/(1000*60*60*24));
															var hr_gap = Math.floor(hr_gap_raw-(day_gap * 24));     
															    // changed this to Math.floor from Math.round to see if it fixes the "final minute" problem
																var mn_gap = Math.floor((min_gap_raw-(day_gap*24*60))-(hr_gap*60));
																
																    // Calculate the number of seconds left after minutes are calculated.
																	var min_gap_floor = Math.floor(min_gap_raw);
																	    sec_gap = Math.round((min_gap_raw - min_gap_floor) *60);
																	    
																		var daytho = Math.floor(day_gap/1000);
																		    if (daytho < 1 ) {
																			    daytho = 0;
																				}
																				
																				    var dayhun = Math.floor(day_gap / 100);
																					var dayten = Math.floor((day_gap - (dayhun * 100))/10);
																					    var dayten_raw = (day_gap - (dayhun * 100))/10;
																						var dayone = Math.floor((dayten_raw*10) - (dayten*10));
																						
																						    var dayhunabs = Math.abs(dayhun);
																						    
																							if (dayhunabs >= 10) {
																								dayhun_div = Math.floor(dayhun/10);
																									dayhun = dayhun - (dayhun_div * 10);
																									    }
																									    
																										var hrten = Math.floor((hr_gap)/10);
																										    var hrone = Math.floor((hr_gap) - (hrten *10));
																										    
																											var mnten = Math.floor((mn_gap)/10);
																											    var mnone = Math.floor((mn_gap) - (mnten * 10));
																											    
																												var secten = Math.floor(sec_gap/10);
																												    var secone = Math.floor(sec_gap - (secten*10));
																													
																													var day = dayone;
																													    if (dayten > 0) day = ''+dayten+dayone;
																														if (dayhun > 0) day = ''+dayhun+dayten+dayone;
																														    if (daytho > 0) day = ''+daytho+dayhun+dayten+dayone;
																															
																														    
																														            var htmlSnippet = '<div id="day">'+day
																															        	    + '</div><div id="hour">'+hrten+hrone 
																																	        	    + '</div><div id="minute">'+mnten+mnone
																																			        	    + '</div><div id="second">'+secten+secone
																																					        	    + '</div>';
																																							        	    
																																							        	    
																																								document.getElementById(divId).innerHTML = htmlSnippet;
																																								
																																								    // recursive call to the function on every second
																																									setTimeout("MissionTimer('" + inputDate + "', '" + divId + "')", 1000);
																																									}