// Flag, Alerting if cookie exceeds 4KB
var caution = false

// name : name of the cookie
// value : value of the cookie
// [expires] : expiration date of cookie (defaults: end of current session)
// [path] : path for which the cookie is valid (default: path of calling document)
// [domain] : domain for which the cookie is valid (default: domain of calling document)
// [secure] : flag, indicating if cookie transmission requires a secure transmission (default: not require)
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" : "")
	if (!caution || (name + "=" + escape(value)).length <= 4000)
		document.cookie = curCookie
	else
		if (confirm("Cookie exceeds 4KB and will be cut!"))
			document.cookie = curCookie
}

// name : name of the desired cookie
// return string containing value of specified cookie, return NULL if cookie dose not exist
function getCookie(name) {
	var prefix = name + "="
	var cookieStartIndex = document.cookie.indexOf(prefix)
	if (cookieStartIndex == -1)
		return null
	
	var cookieEndIndex = document.cookie.indexOf(";", cookieStartIndex + prefix.length)
	if (cookieEndIndex == -1)
		cookieEndIndex = document.cookie.length
	return unescape(document.cookie.substring(cookieStartIndex + prefix.length, cookieEndIndex))
}

// name : name of the cookie
// [path] : path of the cookie (must be same as created)
// [domain] : domain of the cookie (must be same as created)
function deleteCookie(name, path, domain) {
	if (getCookie(name)) {
		document.cookie = name + "=" + 
								((path) ? "; path = " + path : "") +
								((domain) ? "; domain = " + domain : "") +
								 "; expires = Wednesday, 04-Nov-1997 23:00:00 GMT"
	}
}

function printDate() {
				var now = new Date()
				var year = now.getFullYear()
				var month = now.getMonth()
				var date = now.getDate()
				var day = now.getDay()
        
				if (date < 10)
   				var lastDigit = date
				else
					var lastDigit = date % 10
   				var exp = ""
        
   			if (lastDigit == 1)
   				suf = "st"
   			else
     				if (lastDigit == 2)
    					suf = "nd"
     				else
     					if (lastDigit == 3)
     						suf = "rd"
     					else
     						suf = "th"
				var ar = new Array(12)
				ar[0] = "January"
				ar[1] = "February"
				ar[2] = "March"
				ar[3] = "April"
				ar[4] = "May"
				ar[5] = "June"
				ar[6] = "July"
				ar[7] = "Auguest"
				ar[8] = "September"
				ar[9] = "October"
				ar[10] = "November"
				ar[11] = "December"

				var ar1 = new Array(7)
				ar1[1] = "Mon"
				ar1[2] = "Tues"
				ar1[3] = "Wed"
				ar1[4] = "Thur"
				ar1[5] = "Fri"
				ar1[6] = "Sat"
				ar1[0] = "Sun"
		
				//var formDate = date + suf
				var formDate = date
				var totalDate = ar1[day] + ". " + ar[month] + " " + formDate+", " + year	
  
				document.write("on " + totalDate) 
}