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//JS cookie format
document.cookie = "name=value; expires=date; path=path;domain=domain; secure";
//date format
Based on testing and further reading into this, a date in a UTC/GMT format is required by cookies e.g. Sun, 15 Jul 2012 00:00:01 GMT
Therefore any dates in other formats such as 15 Jul 2012, or 15/Jul/2012, or 07/15/2012, have to be passed as a new Date object and then through the toUTCString() or the toGMTString() function.
/*Tested by me: OK*****************************************************************/
/*
name - name of the cookie
value - value of the cookie
[expires] - expiration date of the cookie
(defaults to end of current session)
[path] - path for which the cookie is valid
(defaults to path of calling document)
[domain] - domain for which the cookie is valid
(defaults to domain of calling document)
[secure] - Boolean value indicating if the cookie transmission requires
a secure transmission
* an argument defaults when it is assigned null as a placeholder
* a null placeholder is not required for trailing omitted arguments
*/
function setCookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) {
var curCookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") +
((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
((secure) ? "; secure" : "");
document.cookie = curCookie;
}
//SET COOKIE
var days=90;
var date = new Date();
date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
setCookie("SignedUp","true",date,"/");
/*Tested by me: OK*****************************************************************/
/*
name - name of the desired cookie
return string containing value of specified cookie or null
if cookie does not exist
*/
function getCookie(name) {
var dc = document.cookie;
var prefix = name + "=";
var begin = dc.indexOf("; " + prefix);
if (begin == -1) {
begin = dc.indexOf(prefix);
if (begin != 0) return null;
} else
begin += 2;
var end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", begin);
if (end == -1)
end = dc.length;
return unescape(dc.substring(begin + prefix.length, end));
}
/*****************************************************************/
/*
name - name of the cookie
[path] - path of the cookie (must be same as path used to create cookie)
[domain] - domain of the cookie (must be same as domain used to
create cookie)
path and domain default if assigned null or omitted if no explicit
argument proceeds
*/
function deleteCookie(name, path, domain) {
if (getCookie(name)) {
document.cookie = name + "=" +
((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
"; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT";
}
}
/*****************************************************************/
// date - any instance of the Date object
// * hand all instances of the Date object to this function for "repairs"
function fixDate(date) {
var base = new Date(0);
var skew = base.getTime();
if (skew > 0)
date.setTime(date.getTime() - skew);
}
See:
http://www.webreference.com/js/column8/functions.html
http://www.elated.com/articles/javascript-and-cookies/
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1113 ... ing-a-cook
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