Interest compounding starting at a certain date

Hi folks,
I'm working on a small applet, and I was seeking a bit of guidance before I jumped in too deep into it.
In itself, it's pretty simple. I have an initial dollar figure, and it's growing by x every second. It started a few days ago, and I would like the Flash movie to keep up with it live, so when someone accesses that site, it shows the current amount.
I could use getTime, but it shows the actual time, not the time elapsed. And I could use the Date object or setDate, but I'm not sure if it would do any good, either.
I guess what I need is the amount of seconds that have elapsed since the original date. Once I have that, I think the interest-compounding might be easier.
Of course, this might all be crazy talk. Any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
Napo

Thanks guys! It makes pretty good sense.
The audience is mostly going to be in a specific timezone, so I don't think that would make a big difference. Otherwise, how would I grab it from a server in, say, Central Time?
I just found out that, fortunately, the dollar figure I need to add has already been compounded for interest and therefore the calculation wouldn't be too hard. It would just be initial figure + (number of seconds * figure per second) and it would stay like that for the duration of the app. No need to compound the daily interest every 24 hours or hourly or (eek!) every second. Whew.
Thanks again!
Napo

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