having problem setting cookie date 2

[spicymango]

Hi,

I am setting the date for 19th, like the following

document.cookie = cookieNameOffer+"="+escape(cookieValueOffer) + ";path=/"
                 + ";expires=19/02/2009 00:00:00"

But when i go the cookie I see the following date, what I am doing wrong here?

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 7:00:00 PM

 

[Bong]

Well, I'd guess you've got a GMT conversion to local time (I'd guess EST).

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Bob Rashkin

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Why have you changed the date formatting from the code you've had in previous posts? In those you specified the date had to be a GMT string. Why change it?

Anyway - try putting it back to what you had previously:

"Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT"

Hope this helps,
Dan



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[spicymango]

I put the following

document.cookie = cookieNameOffer+"="+escape(cookieValueOffer) + ";path=/"
+ ";expires=Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT"


But when I look in firefox, my cookie expiry date is
Thursday, February 19, 2009 7:00:00 PM

 

[feherke]

Hi

That means your local timezone is GMT-5=EST. So you are located somewhere in the Eastern Time Zone area.

Your browser is just nice and converts it to your timezone.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[Bong]

So, and not to belabor the point, if you want it to be midnight your time, you need to set it to 5:00am the next day.

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Bob Rashkin

 

[spicymango]

does the browser pick up time from the computer or it has its on time zone settings?

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

It will pick it up from the computer.



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