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


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));
}

var today = new Date(); 
var todate = new Date(today.getTime()+1000*60*60*24*365);

var now = todate.toGMTString(); //'Wed, 31-Dec-2006 00:00:01 GMT'