function fixDate(date) 

   {

      var base = new Date(0);

      var skew = base.getTime();

      if (skew > 0)

         date.setTime(date.getTime() - skew);

   }



   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" : "");

	

        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));

   }