Countdown to christmas ActionScripting help

[Skishy]

I'm trying to make a countdown clock and was following a tutorial online. Heres the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrTHOUqaS-o&feature=related

Good news! I have the clock working and it is counting down to Sunday like his. But I need it to countdown to christmas and I dont know enough about coding. I tried targetDate but since the coding wasnt setup for it, it didnt work. So any ideas would be great.

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stop();

var countdownTimer:Timer = new Timer(1000);

countdownTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, updateTimer);

countdownTimer.start();

function updateTimer(Event:TimerEvent):void{

    var today:Date = new Date();

    var year = today.getFullYear();

    var dtsBegin:Date = new Date(year, 2, 13);

    var dtsEnd:Date = new Date(year, 10, 6);

    if((today >= dtsBegin) && (today <= dtsEnd)){

        today.minutes -= 240;

    }

    else{

        today.minutes -= 300;

    }

    today.minutes += (today.getTimezoneOffset());

    var sunday = 0;

    var s:int = 59 - today.seconds;

    var m:int = 59 - today.minutes;

    var h:int = 0 - today.hours;

    var d:int = sunday - today.day;

    if(s < 0){

        s += 60;

        m--;

    }

    if(m < 0){

        m += 60;

        h--;

    }

    if(h < 0){

        h += 24;

        d--;

    }

    if(d < 0){

        d += 7;

    }

    var days:String = new String(d);

    var hours:String = new String(h);

    var minutes:String = new String(m);

    var seconds:String = new String(s);

    if(days.length < 2) days = "0" + days;

    if(hours.length < 2) hours = "0" + hours;

    if(minutes.length < 2) minutes = "0" + minutes;

    if(seconds.length < 2) seconds = "0" + seconds;

    var time:String = days + ":" + hours + ":" + minutes + ":" + seconds;

    time_txt.text = time;

    if(s + m + h + d <= 0){

        countdownTimer.stop();

        gotoAndPlay(2);

    }

}

[kglad]

use:

stop();

var countdownTimer:Timer = new Timer(1000);

countdownTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, updateTimer);

countdownTimer.start();

function updateTimer(Event:TimerEvent):void{

    var today:Date = new Date();

    var year = today.getFullYear();

    var dtsBegin:Date = new Date(year, 2, 13);

   var dtsEnd:Date = new Date(year, 11, 25);

    if((today >= dtsBegin) && (today <= dtsEnd)){

        today.minutes -= 240;

    }

    else{

        today.minutes -= 300;

    }

    today.minutes += (today.getTimezoneOffset());

    var sunday = 0;

    var s:int = 59 - today.seconds;

    var m:int = 59 - today.minutes;

    var h:int = 0 - today.hours;

    var d:int = sunday - today.day;

    if(s < 0){

        s += 60;

        m--;

    }

    if(m < 0){

        m += 60;

        h--;

    }

    if(h < 0){

        h += 24;

        d--;

    }

    if(d < 0){

        d += 7;

    }

    var days:String = new String(d);

    var hours:String = new String(h);

    var minutes:String = new String(m);

    var seconds:String = new String(s);

    if(days.length < 2) days = "0" + days;

    if(hours.length < 2) hours = "0" + hours;

    if(minutes.length < 2) minutes = "0" + minutes;

    if(seconds.length < 2) seconds = "0" + seconds;

    var time:String = days + ":" + hours + ":" + minutes + ":" + seconds;

    time_txt.text = time;

    if(s + m + h + d <= 0){

        countdownTimer.stop();

        gotoAndPlay(2);

    }

}

[kglad]

oops.  i didn't realize how screwed that code was.  use:

var countdownTimer:Timer = new Timer(1000);

countdownTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, updateTimer);

countdownTimer.start();

    var today:Date = new Date();

    var year = today.getFullYear();

    var dtsEnd:Date = new Date(year, 11, 25);

    var s = Math.round((dtsEnd.getTime()-today.getTime())/1000)

function updateTimer(Event:TimerEvent):void{

    s--;

    if(s>0){

        time.text = formatTimeF(s);

    } else {

        time.text = "Merry Christmas";

countdownTimer.stop();

    }

}

function formatTimeF(s:int):String{

    var days:int = Math.floor(s/(60*60*24));

    s -= days*60*60*24;

    var hours:int = Math.floor(s/(60*60));

    s -= hours*60*60;

    var minutes:int = Math.floor(s/60);

    s -=  minutes*60;

    return formatF(days)+"."+formatF(hours)+"."+formatF(minutes)+"."+formatF(s);

}

function formatF(s:int):String{

    var returnS:String = String(s);

    while(returnS.length<2){

        returnS = "0"+returnS;

    }

    return returnS

}

// p.s.  please mark helpful/correct responses, if there are any.

[Skishy]

No dice..

I think it has something to do with the

var sunday = 0;

[Skishy]

I got it to work by tweaking what you gave me

stop();

var countdownTimer:Timer = new Timer(1000);

countdownTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, updateTimer);

countdownTimer.start();

    var today:Date = new Date();

    var year = today.getFullYear();

    var dtsEnd:Date = new Date(year, 11, 25);

    var s = Math.round((dtsEnd.getTime()-today.getTime())/1000)

function updateTimer(Event:TimerEvent):void{

    s--;

    if(s>0){

        time_txt.text = formatTimeF(s);

    } else {

        countdownTimer.stop();

        gotoAndPlay(2);

    }

}

function formatTimeF(s:int):String{

    var days:int = Math.floor(s/(60*60*24));

    s -= days*60*60*24;

    var hours:int = Math.floor(s/(60*60));

    s -= hours*60*60;

    var minutes:int = Math.floor(s/60);

    s -=  minutes*60;

    return formatF(days)+"."+formatF(hours)+"."+formatF(minutes)+"."+formatF(s);

}

function formatF(s:int):String{

    var returnS:String = String(s);

    while(returnS.length<2){

        returnS = "0"+returnS;

    }

    return returnS

}

//Thank you so much