// utility function called by getCookie()
function getCookieVal(offset) {
    var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset);
    if (endstr == -1) {
        endstr = document.cookie.length;
    }
    return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr));
}

function getCookie(name) {
    var arg = name + "=";
    var alen = arg.length;
    var clen = document.cookie.length;
    var i = 0;
    while (i < clen) {
        var j = i + alen;
        if (document.cookie.substring(i, j) == arg) {
            return getCookieVal(j);
        }
        i = document.cookie.indexOf(" ", i) + 1;
        if (i == 0) break;
    }
    return null;
}

function setCookie(name, value) {
    var ms = parseInt(value, 10);
    var expiresdate = new Date(ms);
    var cookie_string = escape(name) + "=" + escape(value) + ";expires=" + expiresdate.toUTCString();

    document.cookie = cookie_string;
}