var timeInMins,timeInSec,interval,timeout,makeString,id;
function countdown(id,type,time){
	window.id = id;
	if(type=='min'){
		timeInMins = Number(time);
		makeString=time+":00";
	}
	else if(type=='sec'){
		timeInMins = Math.floor(Number(time)/60);
		timeInSec = Number(time)-(60*timeInMins);
		if(timeInSec<10){timeInSec="0"+timeInSec}
		makeString=timeInMins+':'+timeInSec;
	}
	
	$(id).innerHTML = makeString;
	interval=setInterval("startCounting();",1000);
}
		
function startCounting(){
	try{
		typeof($(id).innerHTML);
	}
	catch(e){
		clearInterval(self.interval);
	}
	var counter = $(id).innerHTML;
	counter=counter.split(":");
	var timeMins = Number(counter[0]);
	var timeSecs = Number(counter[1]);
		if(timeSecs==0){
			timeMins=timeMins-1;
			timeSecs=59
		}
		else{
		 timeSecs=timeSecs-1;
		}
	if(timeSecs<10){timeSecs=String(0)+timeSecs;}
	var stringTime = timeMins+':'+timeSecs;
	$(id).innerHTML = stringTime;

	if(timeMins==Number(0) && timeSecs==Number(0)){
		makeTaggingAvailable();
		clearInterval(self.interval);
	}
}
function stopCounting(){
	if(self.interval){
		clearInterval(self.interval);
	}
}