How do I make this countdown echo on screen?

[simonmlewis]

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//change the text below to reflect your own,
var before="Christmas Day!"
var current="It's Christmas Day!!"
var montharray=new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")

function countdown(yr,m,d){
var today=new Date()
var todayy=today.getYear()
if (todayy < 1000)
todayy+=1900
var todaym=today.getMonth()
var todayd=today.getDate()
var todaystring=montharray[todaym]+" "+todayd+", "+todayy
var futurestring=montharray[m-1]+" "+d+", "+yr
var difference=(Math.round((Date.parse(futurestring)-Date.parse(todaystring))/(24*60*60*1000))*1)
if (difference==0)
document.write(current)
else if (difference>0)
document.write("The Christmas Countdown Starts Here!  Only "+difference+" days to go...")
}
//enter the count down date using the format year/month/day
countdown(2015,12,25)

I've got this countdown script we used last year, and we want to use it again, but I don't recall how I made it appear on screen.

I have tried this:

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<script src="/js/xmas.js"></script>

But nothing shows,

[Celauran]

Did you try updating the date to 2016?

[simonmlewis]

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//change the text below to reflect your own,
var before="Christmas Day!"
var current="It's Christmas Day!!"
var montharray=new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")

function countdown(yr,m,d){
var today=new Date()
var todayy=today.getYear()
if (todayy < 1000)
todayy+=1900
var todaym=today.getMonth()
var todayd=today.getDate()
var todaystring=montharray[todaym]+" "+todayd+", "+todayy
var futurestring=montharray[m-1]+" "+d+", "+yr
var difference=(Math.round((Date.parse(futurestring)-Date.parse(todaystring))/(24*60*60*1000))*1)
if (difference==0)
document.write(current)
else if (difference>0)
document.write("The Christmas Countdown Starts Here!  Only "+difference+" days to go...")
}
//enter the count down date using the format year/month/day
countdown(2016,12,25)

Yes just tried this. I was assuming just adding the js code on the page would do it.

[Celauran]

So it's sorted?

[simonmlewis]

No. It's not producing anything on screen.
If you do a dummy page, with that code, in theory it should show... should it not?

[Celauran]

I did, and it does.

[simonmlewis]

How?? Exactly as I did. that's bizarre.