function getexpirydate(nodays){
    var UTCstring;
    Today = new Date();
    nomilli=Date.parse(Today);
    Today.setTime(nomilli+nodays*1*60*60*1000);
    UTCstring = Today.toUTCString();
    return UTCstring;
}
  

function setcookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) {
  var curCookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
      ((expires) ? "; expires=" + getexpirydate(expires) : "") +
      ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
      ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
      ((secure) ? "; secure" : "") + 
      ("; javahere=yes; path=/") ;
  document.cookie = curCookie;     
}



function getcookie(cookiename) {
    var cookiestring=""+document.cookie;
    //alert(cookiestring);
    var index1 = cookiestring.indexOf(cookiename);
    if (index1==-1 || cookiename=="") return ""; 
    var index2 = cookiestring.indexOf(';',index1);
    if (index2==-1) index2=cookiestring.length; 
    return unescape(cookiestring.substring(index1+cookiename.length+1,index2));
}