function set_cookie2( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure )
{
// set time, it's in milliseconds
var today = new Date();
today.setTime( today.getTime() );

/*
if the expires variable is set, make the correct
expires time, the current script below will set
it for x number of days, to make it for hours,
delete * 24, for minutes, delete * 60 * 24
*/
if ( expires )
{
expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
}
var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );

document.cookie = name + "=" +escape( value ) +
( ( expires ) ? ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "" ) +
( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) +
( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );
}

// this fixes an issue with the old method, ambiguous values
// with this test document.cookie.indexOf( name + "=" );
function get_cookie2( check_name ) {
	// first we'll split this cookie up into name/value pairs
	// note: document.cookie only returns name=value, not the other components
	var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split( ';' );
	var a_temp_cookie = '';
	var cookie_name = '';
	var cookie_value = '';
	var b_cookie_found = false; // set boolean t/f default f
	for ( i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++ )
	{
		// now we'll split apart each name=value pair
		a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' );


		// and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it
		cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');

		// if the extracted name matches passed check_name
		if ( cookie_name == check_name )
		{

			b_cookie_found = true;
			// we need to handle case where cookie has no value but exists (no = sign, that is):
			if ( a_temp_cookie.length > 1 )
			{
				cookie_value = unescape( a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') );
			}
			// note that in cases where cookie is initialized but no value, null is returned
			return cookie_value;
			break;
		}
		a_temp_cookie = null;
		cookie_name = '';
	}
	if ( !b_cookie_found )
	{
		return '';
	}
}

function checkTime(i)
{
	if (i<10)
	{
		i="0" + i;
	}
	return i;
}

function setLaunchDate(strDays)
{
	var dte = get_cookie2('dteLaunchDate');
	if (dte != '')
	{
		return 0;
	}
	var dteLaunch = new Date();
	dteLaunch.setDate(dteLaunch.getDate()+strDays);
	var y=dteLaunch.getYear(); if (y<1900) y=y+1900;
	var mo=dteLaunch.getMonth()+1;
	var d=dteLaunch.getDate();
	var h=dteLaunch.getHours();
	var m=dteLaunch.getMinutes();
	var s=dteLaunch.getSeconds();
	var gmthour=0;
	var gmtminute=0;
	var gmthourstr=0;
	var gmtminutestr="00";
	var temp=0;
	var gmtoffsetremainder = Math.abs(dteLaunch.getTimezoneOffset())%60;

	if (dteLaunch.getTimezoneOffset() > 0)
	{
		gmthour = -(dteLaunch.getTimezoneOffset() - gmtoffsetremainder)/60;
		if (gmthour > -10)
		{
			temp = -1*gmthour;
			gmthourstr = "-"+0+temp;
		}
		else
		{
			gmthourstr = gmthour;
		}
	}
	else
	{
		gmthour = -(dteLaunch.getTimezoneOffset()+gmtoffsetremainder)/60;
		if (gmthour < 10)
		{
			gmthourstr = "+0"+gmthour;
		}
		else
		{
			gmthourstr = "+"+gmthour;
		}
	}

	if (gmtoffsetremainder == 0)
	{
		gmtminutestr = "00";
	}
	else
	{
		gmtminutestr = gmtoffsetremainder;
	}


	// add a zero in front of numbers<10
	m=checkTime(m);
	s=checkTime(s);
	//document.getElementById('txt').innerHTML=y+"-"+mo+"-"+d+" "+h+":"+m+":"+s+" GMT"+gmthourstr+":"+gmtminutestr;
	var str = y+"-"+mo+"-"+d+" "+h+":"+m+":"+s+" GMT"+gmthourstr+":"+gmtminutestr;
	set_cookie2('dteLaunchDate', str, 60, '/');
	return str; 
}

function getLaunchDate(strDays)
{
	var strLaunchDate = get_cookie2('dteLaunchDate');
	if (strLaunchDate == '')
	{
		strLaunchDate = setLaunchDate(strDays);
	}
	document.write(strLaunchDate);
}

function Delete_Cookie( name, path, domain ) {
if ( get_cookie2( name ) ) document.cookie = name + "=" +
( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "") +
( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
";expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT";
}

function deleteLaunchCookie()
{
alert('here');
	Delete_Cookie('dteLaunchDate', '/')
}