        function createCalendar(objId, divId, nowDate, targetDate, suppress, dPart, hPart, mPart, sPart, finishMessage) {

            var cd = new countdown(objId);

            cd.NowDate = nowDate;
            cd.Div = divId;
            cd.TargetDate = targetDate;
            cd.SuppressLeadingZeros = suppress;
            cd.DaysPart = dPart;
            cd.HoursPart = hPart;
            cd.MinutesPart = mPart;
            cd.SecondsPart = sPart;
            

            cd.DisplayFormat = dPart + hPart + mPart + sPart;

            return cd;
        }

        function showBiddersLogin() {

            Modalbox.show($('divBiddersLogin'), { title: 'Account Login' });
        }
    
        function xx_validateEmail ( emailValue) 
        {
            emailpat = /^([a-zA-Z0-9])+([\.a-zA-Z0-9_-])*@([a-zA-Z0-9])+(\.[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)+$/;
            if( !emailpat.test( emailValue) )
               return false;
            else
               return true;
        }    
        function validateEmail( strValue) 
        {
             //var objRegExp  = /(^[a-z]([a-z_\.]*)@([a-z_\.]*)([.][a-z]{3})$)|(^[a-z]([a-z_\.]*)@([a-z_\.]*)(\.[a-z]{3})(\.[a-z]{2})*$)/i;
             var objRegExp = /^([a-zA-Z0-9])+([\.a-zA-Z0-9_-])*@([a-zA-Z0-9])+(\.[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)+$/;
             //check for valid email
             return objRegExp.test(strValue);
        }

