<% $day = 22; // Day of the countdown $month = 9; // Month of the countdown $year = 2002; // Year of the countdown $hour = 12; // Hour of the day (east coast time) $event = "Teagle Reunion"; //event $calculation = ((mktime ($hour,0,0,$month,$day,$year) - time(void))/3600); $hours = (int)$calculation; $days = (int)($hours/24); /* mktime() http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mktime.php time() http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.time.php (int) http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.integer.php */ %>