For Adventures in Website Design && Development – 6/26/14 (http://wp.me/p1V5ge-1zi)

goodcountdown.js

function countDown() {
  "use strict";
  var curDate     = new Date(),
      curYear     = curDate.getUTCFullYear();

  var futureYear  = curYear + 1,
      futureMonth = 1, // UTC month value is zero-based
      futureDay   = 12;

  // Format the date in a more readable form
  var options = {
    day    : "numeric",
    year   : "numeric",
    month  : "long",
    weekday: "long"
  };

  var bridalExpo       = new Date(futureYear, futureMonth, futureDay),
      daysToGo         = bridalExpo.getTime() - curDate.getTime(),
      daysToBridalExpo = Math.ceil(daysToGo / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));

  var message = "Today is " + curDate.toLocaleString("en-US", options) +  ". ";
  message    += "We have " + daysToBridalExpo + " days until the Midwest Bridal Expo.";
  console.log(message);
}

countDown();