I'm not so experience using cookies with cgi but. have you ever tried using single quotes??
'+4h' Hope it helps. -rm- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sawsan Sarandah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 3:13 PM Subject: cookie expiration time problem > Greetings, > > I have a small problem. When I create a cookie using cgi.pm, the expiration > date is always three hours behind the actual time. In other words, the > following code snipet: > > # Time on my local machine: 10:00 pm > # Rhat Linux server using "date" command: Fri Jul 11 21:59:44 IDT 2003 > # hwclock command: Fri 11 Jul 2003 09:59:48 PM IDT 0.611152 seconds > > $cookie = $cgi->cookie > > -name=> $cookiename, > -value=> $uname, > -expires=> "+4h", > -path=>'/' > ); > > The above code produced a cookie with an expiration time as follows: > > Expires: Fri, Jul 11 2003 22:58:33 > > Notice that the cookie expires in one hour, not in four hours (+4h). What > could possibly be the problem? Where is PERL reading the incorrect time > from? > > Thank you. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
