seriously, if you want to do this right, at least implement tescomatty's idea at your other thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=2087kekjop1ojdaqg2umui9f93&topic=219632.msg2334161#msg2334161

just simply use the first block after the closing time (you may wish to edit your 1st line in red in your 1st post to reflect this)

just my two cents