window.onload = function(){
	daysLeft();	
};

function daysLeft(){
	var today = new Date();

	openDate = new Date("August 1, 2010")
	msPerDay = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 ;
	timeLeft = (openDate.getTime() - today.getTime());
	e_daysLeft = timeLeft / msPerDay;
	daysLeft = Math.floor(e_daysLeft);

	var daysNumbers = document.createTextNode(daysLeft);
	
	var daysContainer = document.getElementById("counter");
	daysContainer = daysContainer.getElementsByTagName("dt");
	
	daysContainer[0].appendChild(daysNumbers);
}