Timer0 Calculation

Hello All,

I am trying to have a function for the delay with the following code. But when executed, I do not get the delay of 1000 ms. Please advise where I am wrong.

#include <lpc214x.h>

void delay(unsigned int milli);


int main(void)
{
IO0DIR|=(1<<1);

T0PR=0x00003A97; // Prescaler to Match 1 ms
T0CTCR=0x00; // Timer Mode
T0TCR=0x02;

while(1)
{
        IO0SET|=(1<<1);
        delay(1000);
        IO0CLR|=(1<<1);
        delay(1000);
}

}


void delay(unsigned int milli)
{
T0TCR=0x02; // Reset
T0TCR=0x01; // Enable

while(T0TC<milli);
T0TCR=0x00;

}

Thanks for your Time!