function getElementsByClass(searchClass,node,tag) {
	var classElements = new Array();
	if ( node == null )
		node = document;
	if ( tag == null )
		tag = '*';
	var els = node.getElementsByTagName(tag);
	var elsLen = els.length;
	var pattern = new RegExp("(^|\\s)"+searchClass+"(\\s|$)");
	for (i = 0, j = 0; i < elsLen; i++) {
		if ( pattern.test(els[i].className) ) {
			classElements[j] = els[i];
			j++;
		}
	}
	return classElements;
}

function checkForExpire(){
	expiresArr = getElementsByClass("expires");
	for (var i = 0; i < expiresArr.length; i++){
		var str = expiresArr[i].innerHTML;
		var index = str.charAt(0);
		var exp = Date.parse(str.slice(2));
		var today = new Date();
		seconds = today.getTime();
		if (exp < seconds){
			document.getElementById("specials").removeChild(document.getElementById(index));

			
		}

	}
}