function CurrentTime(containerNode, startTimeStamp, timeFormat) {

    var self = this,

        timer,

        weekDays = ["Dimanche", "Lundi", "Mardi", "Mercredi", "Jeudi", "Vendredi", "Samedi"],

        months = ["Janvier", "Février", "Mars", "Avril", "Mai", "Juin", "Juillet", "Août", "Septembre", "Octobre", "Novembre", "Décembre"],

        now = new Date(),

        prevTickTimeStamp,

        currTickTimeStamp;

        



    function addLeadingZero(v) {

        var s = v < 0 ? "-" : "";

        v  = Math.abs(v);



        return s + (v < 10 ? "0" + v : v);

    }



    function generateTimeString24H() {

	return addLeadingZero(now.getUTCHours()) + ":" + addLeadingZero(now.getUTCMinutes()) + ":"

	     + addLeadingZero(now.getUTCSeconds()) ;//+ ",  " + weekDays[now.getUTCDay()] + " " + addLeadingZero(now.getUTCDate()) + ", " + months[now.getUTCMonth()] + " "	     + now.getUTCFullYear();

    }



    function generateTimeString12H() {

	var hours = now.getUTCHours(),

	    dayPart = "AM";



	if (hours > 12) {

		hours -= 12;

		dayPart = "PM";

	}

    if (hours == 0) {

        hours = 12;

    }

	return addLeadingZero(hours) + ":" + addLeadingZero(now.getUTCMinutes()) + ":"

	     + addLeadingZero(now.getUTCSeconds()) + " " + dayPart + ", " + weekDays[now.getUTCDay()] + " " + addLeadingZero(now.getUTCDate()) + ", " + months[now.getUTCMonth()] + " "

	     + now.getUTCFullYear();

    }



    function secondTick() {

        currTickTimeStamp = new Date().getTime();

        now.setTime((currTickTimeStamp - prevTickTimeStamp) + startTimeStamp);



        containerNode.nodeValue = self.timeFormat == CurrentTime.F24 ? generateTimeString24H() : generateTimeString12H();

    }



    this.timeFormat = typeof timeFormat == "undefined" ? CurrentTime.F24 : timeFormat;



    this.start = function () {

        clearInterval(timer);

        prevTickTimeStamp = (new Date()).getTime();

        timer = setInterval(secondTick, 1000);

    }

}



CurrentTime.F24 = 0;

CurrentTime.F12 = 1;



CurrentTime.setTimeFormat = function (timeFormat) {

	this.timeFormat = timeFormat;

}



CurrentTime.getTimeFormat = function () {

	return this.timeFormat;

}