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

badcountdown.js

function countDown() {
  var today = new Date()
  var dayOfWeek = today.toLocaleString()
  dayLocate = dayOfWeek.indexOf(" ")
  weekDay = dayOfWeek.substring(0, dayLocate)
  newDay = dayOfWeek.substring(dayLocate)
  dateLocate = newDay.indexOf(",")
  monthDate = newDay.substring(0, dateLocate+1)
  yearLocate = dayOfWeek.indexOf("2014")
  year = dayOfWeek.substr(yearLocate, 4)

  var bridalExpo = new Date("February 12, 2014")
  var daysToGo   = bridalExpo.getTime()-today.getTime()
  var daysToBridalExpo = Math.ceil(daysToGo/(1000*60*60*24))

  var message ="Today is "+weekDay+" "+monthDate+" "+year+". We have "+daysToBridalExpo+" days until the Midwest Bridal Expo."
  console.log(message);
}

countDown()