function startCountDown(timerID, countToDate, remField, bgImage) {  // function for implementing count down in the offer component
var timerID = timerID; 	//ID of div to have counter applied
var countToDate = countToDate; 	//ID of div to have counter applied
var remField = remField; 	//remove one heading from counter (eg: remove seconds = "-s")
var days = "";
var hrs = "";
var mins = "";
var secs = "";
//alert(remField);
if (remField != "-s") { //remove seconds
//alert("-s");    

secs = "<div class=\"imageSep\"></div><div class=\"image{s10}\"></div><div class=\"image{s1}\"></div>";
}
$("#" + timerID).countdown({
until: new Date(countToDate),
compact: true, 
layout: '<div class="image{d10}"></div><div class="image{d1}"></div>' + 
'<div class="imageDay"></div><div class="imageSpace"></div>' + 
'<div class="image{h10}"></div><div class="image{h1}"></div>' + 
'<div class="imageSep"></div>' + 
'<div class="image{m10}"></div><div class="image{m1}"></div>' + secs
});

$("#" + timerID).css({"background" : "url(" + bgImage + ") top left no-repeat"});

//alert("end");
}