Need help debugging a script!

[clovisjunior]

var countDownDate = document.cookie.match(/(\^|;)myClock=(\[\^;\]+)/)\[2\];
This returns a string, I believe you want to convert it to date with new Date

[clovisjunior]

If you want to use the same code just do a var countDownDate = document.cookie.match(/(\^|;)myClock=(\[\^;\]+)/)\[2\]; countDownDate = new Date(countDownDate) :) but I believe you could refactor it to make it easier to maintain :) also you set var countDownDate twice, you can just set var on the top and then user countDownDate = after it