Countdown mit jQuery

HTML

<script src="http://grochtdreis.de/fuer-jsfiddle/jquery.countdown.js"></script>
<script src="http://grochtdreis.de/fuer-jsfiddle/jquery.countdown-de.js"></script>
<!--
<div class="TimeToWait">
    <span class="daysnr">14134</span> 
    <span class="days">Tage</span>
    <span class="hours">00:23:15</span>
</div>
-->
<span id="countdown"></span>

<div id="countdown2" class="countdown" title="2050, 08-1, 24"></div>

CSS

body { padding: 40px;font-family: arial; sans-serif;}
#countdown { overflow: hidden; margin-bottom: 40px; display: block;}

.countdown_section {float: left; font-size: 12px; text-align:center;}
.countdown_section br {display: none;}

.countdown_amount {
    font-size: 16px; 
    display: block;
    background-color: #717274; /* old browsers */
    background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #717274 0%, #1c1c1c 100%); /* firefox */
    background-color: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#717274), color-stop(100%,#1c1c1c)); /* webkit */
    background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(#717274, #1c1c1c); /* Chrome 10+, Saf6 */
    background-image: linear-gradient(top, #717274, #1c1c1c);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#717274', endColorstr='#1c1c1c',GradientType=0 ); /* ie 5 - 7 */
    -ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr=#717274, endColorstr=#1c1c1c,GradientType=0 )"; /* ie 8 */

    color: #fff;
    padding: 4px;
    border: 1px solid #000;
}




.noList {list-style-type: none;padding-left: 0;margin-left: 0;}
.countdown li {float: left; font-size: 12px; text-align:center;}
.countdown li span {
    font-size: 16px; 
    display:block;  
    background-color: #717274; /* old browsers */
    background-color: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #717274 0%, #1c1c1c 100%); /* firefox */
    background-color: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#717274), color-stop(100%,#1c1c1c)); /* webkit */
    background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(#717274, #1c1c1c); /* Chrome 10+, Saf6 */
    background-image: linear-gradient(top, #717274, #1c1c1c);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#717274', endColorstr='#1c1c1c',GradientType=0 ); /* ie 5 - 7 */
    -ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr=#717274, endColorstr=#1c1c1c,GradientType=0 )"; /* ie 8 */

    color: #fff;
    padding: 4px;
    border: 1px...

JavaScript

var newYear = new Date(); 
newYear = new Date(newYear.getFullYear() + 1, 1 - 1, 1); 
$('#countdown').countdown({
    until: new Date(2050, 08-1, 24),
    format: 'dHMS'
}); 



// Ich möchte gerne aus dem ausgelesenen Title-Attribut
// die Basis für das neuen Datum zusammenbauen.
// Alle bisher getesteten Ansätze klappen nicht.
// Warum?

/*
var datum = $("#countdown2").attr("title");
var tag = toString(splits[0]);
var mon = toString(splits[1]-1);
var jahr = toString(splits[2]);
*/

$('#countdown2').countdown({
//    until: datum,
//    until: new Date(jahr, mon, tag),
//    until: new Date(datum),
    until: new Date(2050, 08-1, 24),
    format: 'dHMS',
    layout: '<ul class=\'noList\'><li><span>{dn}</span>{dl}</li><li><span>{hnn}</span>{hl}</li><li><span>{mnn}</span>{ml}</li><li><span>{snn}</span>{sl}</li></ul>'
});