function convert_date(dt) {
	var dateParams = dt.split("/");
/*	var s = 0;
	s += (Number(dateParams[0]) - 1) * 86400; //Days
	s += (Number(dateParams[1]) - 1) * 2678400; //Months
	s += (Number(dateParams[2]) - 1970) * 31536000; //Years*/
	
	var dateObj = new Date();
	dateObj.setDate(Number(dateParams[0]));
	dateObj.setMonth(Number(dateParams[1])-1);
	dateObj.setFullYear(Number(dateParams[2]));
	s = dateObj.getTime()/1000.0;
	return s;
}

function getDirectChildren(object, tag) {
	var result = new Array();
	var children = object.getElementsByTagName(tag);
	var len = children.length;
	var iRes = 0;
	
	for (i=0;i<len;i++) {
		child = children[i];
		if (child.parentNode == object) {
			result[iRes] = child;
			iRes++;
		}
	}
	return result;
}

function strip_tags(text) {
	var result = "";
	var i, len, inTag=false, inStr=false, inStr2 = false, ch;
	len = text.length;
	for (i=0;i<len;i++) {
		ch = text.charAt(i);
		if (ch == '<' && !inStr && !inStr2)
			inTag = true;
		else if (ch == '"' && inTag)
			inStr = !inStr;
		else if (ch == "'" && inTag)
			inStr2 = !inStr2;
			
		if (!inTag)
			result += ch;
			
		if (ch == '>' && !inStr && !inStr2)
			inTag = false;
	}
	
	return result;
}

function strip_special(text) {
	var result = "";
	var i, j, len, ch;
	text = String(text);
	len = text.length;
	convert_table = new Array();
	
	convert_table[0] = new Array("~", "~");
	convert_table[1] = new Array("&", "~AMP~");
	convert_table[2] = new Array("?", "~QM~");
	convert_table[3] = new Array("'", "~SQ~");
	convert_table[4] = new Array('"', "~DQ~");
	convert_table[5] = new Array('+', "~PL~");
	
	for (i=0;i<len;i++) {
		ch = text.charAt(i);
		for (j=0;j<convert_table.length;j++)
			if (ch == convert_table[j][0])
				ch = convert_table[j][1];
		
		result += ch;
	}

	return result;
}

var isActive = false;
function g_openSubmenu(menu) {
	var subMenu = document.getElementById("submenu_products")
	
	subMenu.style.display = "block";
	isActive = true;
}

function g_closeSubmenu(menu) {
	var subMenu = document.getElementById(menu); 

	if (!isActive)
		subMenu.style.display = 'none';
}

function g_prepareCloseSubmenu(menu) {
	setTimeout('g_closeSubmenu("submenu_products")', 600);
	isActive = false;
}