function getRemainingDays() {
  today = new Date();
  targetdate = new Date("May 6, 2012");
  //targetdate.setYear(today.getYear());
  milliseconds = (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
  remaining = ((targetdate.getTime() - today.getTime()) / milliseconds);
  remaining = Math.round(remaining);
  return remaining;
  }