//var dateEnd = new Date("Feb 06 2012 10:00:00");
var message = "";
function parse() {
if (checkDate() ) {
var newnews = $("<p>").attr("class", "newsticker");
newnews.append("<marquee scrolldelay=\"200\" style=\"color:#000;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;\" width=\"555px\"><strong>"+ message +"</strong></marquee>");
newnews.appendTo("#message").newsTicker();
}
}
function checkDate() {
var today = new Date();
if (typeof dateEnd == "undefined" ) {
return true;
}
return (Date.parse(today) <= Date.parse(dateEnd));
}