function setcountdown(theyear,themonth,theday,thehour,themin,thesec){
                yr=theyear;mo=themonth;da=theday;hr=thehour;min=themin;sec=thesec
                }
                
                //////////Bewerk  het aftelscript hier//////////////////
                
                //STEP 1: verander hier het aftel - script, in het formaat  year, month, day, hour(0=midnight,23=11pm), minutes, seconds:
                setcountdown(2010,08,31,23,59,59)
                
                //STEP 2: verander hieronder de tekst die na het aftellen moet komen, en de boodschap op de dag van het tijdstip, respectively
                /*
                var occasion="Tot de 3e ronde is afgelopen."
                var message_on_occasion="ronde 3 is afgelopen."
                */
                var occasion=""
                var message_on_occasion=""
                
                //STEP 3: verander de 5 variabelen hieronder , te weten  the width, height, background color, and text style of the countdown area
                var countdownwidth='640px'
                var countdownheight='35px'
                /*
                var opentags='<span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">'
                var closetags='</span>'
                */
                var opentags=''
                var closetags=''
                
                //////////verander hieronder niets//////////////////
                
                var montharray=new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")
                var crosscount=''
                
                function start_countdown(){
                if (document.layers)
                document.countdownnsmain.visibility="show"
                else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
                crosscount=document.getElementById&&!document.all?document.getElementById("countdownie") : countdownie
                countdown()
                }
                
                if (document.all||document.getElementById)
                document.write('<span id="countdownie" style="width:'+countdownwidth+'"></span>')
                
                window.onload=start_countdown
                
                
                function countdown(){
                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[mo-1]+" "+da+", "+yr+" "+hr+":"+min+":"+sec
                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 on day of occasion
                if(dday<=0&&dhour<=0&&dmin<=0&&dsec<=1&&todayd==da){
                if (document.layers){
                document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.write(opentags+message_on_occasion+closetags)
                document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.close()
                }
                else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
                crosscount.innerHTML=opentags+message_on_occasion+closetags
                return
                }
                //if passed day of occasion
                else if (dday<=-1){
                if (document.layers){
                document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.write(opentags+"Ronde 2 is afgelopen."+closetags)
                document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.close()
                }
                else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
                crosscount.innerHTML=opentags+"Ronde 2 is afgelopen."+closetags
                return
                }
                //else, if not yet
                else{
                if (document.layers){
                document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.write(opentags+dday+ " dagen, "+dhour+" uur, "+dmin+" min, en "+dsec+" sec. "+occasion+closetags)
                document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.close()
                }
                else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
                crosscount.innerHTML=opentags+dday+ " dagen, "+dhour+" uur, "+dmin+" min, en "+dsec+" sec. "+occasion+closetags
                }
                setTimeout("countdown()",1000)
                }