cust plh bookingsstart

<?
// create #_BOOKINGSSTART
function em_bookings_start($replace, $EM_Event, $result) {
  if ( $result == '#_BOOKINGSSTART' ) {
        global $EM_Event;
        $is_open = $EM_Event->get_bookings()->is_open(); // whether there are any available tickets right now
    if ( $is_open ) {
        $regstatus = 'Now open';
    } else {

        $bookingsstart = "";
        foreach( $EM_Event->get_tickets()->tickets as $EM_Ticket ) {
          $bookingsstart .= $EM_Ticket->ticket_start;
        }
        $newdateformat  = date("d M Y H:i:s", strtotime($bookingsstart));

            global $post;
            $countdown = get_post_meta($EM_Event->ID, 'Registration starts', true);
            if (strpos($countdown, 'ferg' ) !== false) {
            $regstatus = do_shortcode('[fergcorp_cdt_single date="'.$newdateformat.' CET"]');
            } else {
            $regstatus = "t.b.a.";
            }
    }
    $replace = $regstatus;
  }
  return $replace;
}
add_filter('em_event_output_placeholder','em_bookings_start', 1, 4);