// Requires jquery
$(document).ready(function() {

    $("span.new").each(function(index, element){
        var today = new Date();

        var dateElements=$(element).attr("date").split("-");
        var published = new Date(dateElements[0], dateElements[1]-1, dateElements[2]);
        var expiry = parseInt(1+(today-published)/86400000);

        $(element).append("<span class=\"small_date\">(" + expiry + " days ago)</span>");
        if (expiry < 45 && expiry > 0)
        {
            var img = '';
            img += '<img src="images/new-en.gif" border="0" width="34" height="16" hspace="0" vspace="0" alt="';
            img += expiry + 'New element">';
            $(element).append(img);
        }

    });

});