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HTML

<div id="countdownC">
            <div class="counter">
                <div id="tzcd"></div>
            </div>
        </div>

CSS

#countdownC{position:relative;bottom:45px;}
#countdownC .counter{padding:6px 0 0 6px;margin:0 auto;width:233px;height:74px;background:transparent url('../App_Graphics/counter-bg.png') no-repeat 0 0;}
#countdownC span{color:#d5d5d5;float:left;margin-right:31px;display:block;font-size:54px;margin-top:65px;}
#countdownC .last{margin-right:0;margin-left:0px;width:45px;}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
    $.ajax({
        url: "http://json-time.appspot.com/time.json?tz=Etc/GMT",
        dataType: 'jsonp',
        success: function(results) {
            var datetime = results.datetime;
            var xDay = new Date("Fri, 26 May 2012 16:34:00 +0000");
            var interval = 1;
            //countdown
            var nDates = new Date(datetime);

            function cCountdown() {
                console.log("cCountdown");
                console.log(xDay);
                nDates.setSeconds(nDates.getSeconds() + interval);
                console.log(nDates);
                var msPerDay = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
                var timeLeft = (xDay - nDates);
                var eDaysLeft = timeLeft / msPerDay;
                var daysLeft = Math.floor(eDaysLeft);
                var eHrsLeft = (eDaysLeft - daysLeft) * 24;
                var hrsLeft = Math.floor(eHrsLeft);
                var eMinsLeft = (eHrsLeft - hrsLeft) * 60;
                var minsLeft = Math.floor(eMinsLeft);
                var eSecsLeft = (eMinsLeft - minsLeft) * 60;
                var secsLeft = Math.floor(eSecsLeft);

                if (daysLeft < 10) {
                    daysLeft = "0" + daysLeft.toString();
                }
                if (hrsLeft < 10) {
                    hrsLeft = "0" + hrsLeft.toString();
                }
                if (minsLeft < 10) {
                    minsLeft = "0" + minsLeft.toString();
                }
                $('#tzcd').html("<span>" + daysLeft + "</span>" + "<span>" + hrsLeft + "</span>" + "<span class='last'>" + minsLeft + "</span>" + "<span>" + secsLeft + "</span>");
            }
            setInterval(cCountdown, interval * 1000);
            cCountdown();
        }
    });
});