Slide 19

/* This function dissects the cookie and extracts the date
In the form dd Month yyyy, It requires the name of the
Cookie as an input variable*/
function cookieVal(cookieName) {
// Create a new array called thisCookie and load it with the parts of the cookie delimited on ;
var thisCookie = document.cookie.split("; ");
// Step through each element of the cookie
for (var i=0; i<thisCookie.length; i++) {
// Split each element of the cookie again using = as the delimiter
if (cookieName == thisCookie[i].split("=")[0]) {
/* If the first array element is pageVisit return the 2nd array element to
the calling function as the last visited date*/
return thisCookie[i].split("=")[1];
}
}
// otherwise return the beginning of computer time as the last visited date
return "1 January 1970";
}