function SetCookie (name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) { //expire in hours



var today = new Date();

today.setTime( today.getTime() ); 



if ( expires )

{

expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60;

}

//alert( 'today ' + today.toGMTString() );// this is for testing purpose only

var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) ); 



document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +

        (( expires ) ? ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "" ) + //expires.toGMTString() 

        ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +

        ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +

        ((secure) ? "; secure" : "");

}