[ic] cookie expire

Jim Balcom interchange-users@lists.akopia.com
Mon Jul 23 18:28:00 2001


On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Mike Heins wrote:

MH>>> > I am setting my cookie expiry to:
MH>>> >  
MH>>> > Mon, 07-Mar-2050 09:35:00 GMT
MH>>> >  
MH>>> > And yet, my cookies expire when I close the browser.
MH>>> >  
MH>>> > Anyone know why?
MH>>> 
MH>>If you have cookies that are so important they will outlive the user,
MH>>I suggest you find another way to store the information. 8-)
MH>>
MH>>Surely a year is enough for any reasonable use, presuming they are
MH>>refreshed the next time the users visit.

Is there not some way to take todays date, add 90 days to it, and set a
cookie to expire on that date?

-= Jim =-

----------------------------------------------------------------
Jim's Linux-Operated Underground Bomb Shelter

Tagline for Monday, July 23, 2001 at 18:25 PM:
Bad breath is better than no breath.

----------------------------------------------------------------
This Linux System has been up 335 hours  

My web page: http://www.idk-enterprises.com
----------------------------------------------------------------