function tickLiveShoppingTimer() {

	var currenttime=new Date();

	var cur_minutes = currenttime.getUTCMinutes();
	var cur_minutes = (cur_minutes < 10) ? '0' + cur_minutes : cur_minutes ;
	var cur_hour = currenttime.getUTCHours();
	var cur_hour = (cur_hour < 10) ? '0' + cur_hour : cur_hour ;
	var currenttime_string = cur_hour+':'+cur_minutes;

	if(getLocalTimeFromUTC(currenttime_string)>=getLocalTimeFromUTC(live_shopping_startTime)){
	
		var LiveShoppingEndTime = getLocalTimeFromUTC(live_shopping_endTime);
		var LiveShoppingEndTimeArray = LiveShoppingEndTime.split(":");
		var eventdate = new Date(currenttime.getFullYear(), currenttime.getMonth() , currenttime.getDate(), LiveShoppingEndTimeArray[0], LiveShoppingEndTimeArray[1], 0);

		milliseconds_until_event=Math.floor((eventdate.getTime()-currenttime.getTime()));
		seconds_until_event=milliseconds_until_event/1000;

		days = Math.floor(seconds_until_event/(60*60*24));
		hours = Math.floor(seconds_until_event/(60*60));
		minutes = Math.floor(seconds_until_event/(60)) - (hours * 60);
		seconds = seconds_until_event - (minutes * 60) - (hours * 60 * 60);

		var s_minutes = (minutes < 10) ? '0' + minutes : minutes ;
		seconds = Math.floor(seconds);
		var s_seconds = (seconds < 10) ? '0' + seconds : seconds ;
		

		$('#liveshopping_ticker').html(hours+':'+s_minutes+':'+s_seconds);
		
		window.setTimeout("tickLiveShoppingTimer()", 1000);
	} else {
		$('#liveshopping_ticker').html(currenttime_string + " : " + getLocalTimeFromUTC(live_shopping_startTime));
		//window.setTimeout("tickLiveShoppingTimer()", 1000);
	}
}

function getLocalTimeFromUTC(strTime) {
	if (strTime.indexOf(" ") > 0) strTime = strTime.split(" ")[1];
	var TimeArray = strTime.split(":");
	var currenttime = new Date();
	var eventtime = new Date();
	eventtime.setUTCHours(TimeArray[0]);
	eventtime.setUTCMinutes(TimeArray[1]);
	return ((eventtime.getHours() < 10) ? '0' + eventtime.getHours() : eventtime.getHours()) +':'+ ((eventtime.getMinutes() < 10) ? '0' + eventtime.getMinutes() : eventtime.getMinutes());
}