function counter() {
    treestart=0;
    treesec=362.411;
    today=new Date()
    startdate = new Date("January 1, 2008");
    offset = today.getTimezoneOffset()*60*1000
    difftree = (( today.getTime() + offset ) - startdate.getTime() ) / 1000
    var treetoday = Math.ceil(treestart + (difftree * treesec));
    treetoday = "" + treetoday;
    t1 = treetoday.substring(0,1)
    t2 = treetoday.substring(1,4)
    t3 = treetoday.substring(4,7)
    t4 = treetoday.substring(7,10)
    var pops= t1 + "," + t2 + "," + t3 + "," + t4;
    var popul = document.getElementById("gettree");
    popul.innerHTML = pops;
    setTimeout('counter()',200);
}