jQuery Countdown / IE problems with loading and displaying all characters

jQuery Countdown / IE problems with loading and displaying all characters

Hi there -

I'm having an issue with a countdown plugin that I've installed.  It works great in FF, Chrome, Safari etc, but I'm having issues with IE.  Although it does work sometimes, usually it loads the script, and then only a few numbers are displayed:


It should look like this:


Anyhow, I'm not sure what is causing the issue - I've tried a bunch of forums, searching and tests and can't seem to figure it out.  Here's the code I'm using:

  1.         <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
                var $j = jQuery.noConflict();

                $j(document).ready(function() {
                    $j('#countdown_dashboard').countDown({
                        targetDate: {
                            'day':         13,
                            'month':     9,
                            'year':     2010,
                            'hour':     8,
                            'min':         0,
                            'sec':         0
                        }
                    });
                });
            </script>














  2.     <div id="countdown" style="padding-bottom:10px;height:55px;width:180px;">
                            <div id="countdown_dashboard">
                        <div class="dash weeks_dash" style="width: 60px; float: left; margin-left: 0px; position: relative;height:55px;">
                            <span class="dash_title" style="position: absolute; display: block; bottom: 0px;left:0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #999; text-transform: uppercase;">weeks</span>
                            <div class="digit" style="font-size: 30pt; font-weight: bold; float: left; width: 20px; height: 55px; text-align: center; font-family: Times; color: #E5A61A; position: relative;">0</div>
                            <div class="digit" style="font-size: 30pt; font-weight: bold; float: left; width: 20px; height: 55px; text-align: center; font-family: Times; color: #E5A61A;">0</div>
                        </div>
           
                        <div class="dash days_dash" style="width: 60px; float: left; margin-left: 0px; position: relative;height:55px;">
                            <span class="dash_title" style="position: absolute; display: block; bottom: 0px;left:0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #999; text-transform: uppercase;">days</span>
                            <div class="digit" style="font-size: 30pt; font-weight: bold; float: left; width: 20px; height: 55px; text-align: center; font-family: Times; color: #E5A61A; position: relative;">0</div>
                            <div class="digit" style="font-size: 30pt; font-weight: bold; float: left; width: 20px; height: 55px; text-align: center; font-family: Times; color: #E5A61A; ">0</div>
                        </div>
           
                        <div class="dash hours_dash" style="width: 60px; float: left; margin-left: 0px; position: relative;height:55px;">
                            <span class="dash_title" style="position: absolute; display: block; bottom: 0px;left:0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #999; text-transform: uppercase;">hours</span>
                            <div class="digit" style="font-size: 30pt; font-weight: bold; float: left; width: 20px; height: 55px; text-align: center; font-family: Times; color: #E5A61A;">0</div>
                            <div class="digit" style="font-size: 30pt; font-weight: bold; float: left; width: 20px; height: 55px; text-align: center; font-family: Times; color: #E5A61A; ">0</div>
                        </div>
           
                    </div>



















(PS I have to use inline styles because I'm embedding in a another environment through a widget)

I have to use $j and noConflict because the environment that I'm hosting this in has jQuery and Prototype installed, and jQuery has been modified to $j.

The plugins that I'm using are:

jquery.lwtCountdown-0.9.5.js
misc.js

I hope that somone can help!!  Thanks.

Boone