From 2933f596e96b97b4a37c174b39b331bd6e7a0b3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: fkloft <felix.kloft+github@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 21:58:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [core] small changes to cookie handling

- dynamic cookie expiration date
- remove cookie cache (which is not updated when a cookie is set)
---
 code/utils_misc.js | 11 +++++------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/code/utils_misc.js b/code/utils_misc.js
index f0b5f547..f2f09ccb 100644
--- a/code/utils_misc.js
+++ b/code/utils_misc.js
@@ -93,11 +93,9 @@ window.getURLParam = function(param) {
 
 // read cookie by name.
 // http://stackoverflow.com/a/5639455/1684530 by cwolves
-var cookies;
-window.readCookie = function(name,c,C,i){
-  if(cookies) return cookies[name];
-  c = document.cookie.split('; ');
-  cookies = {};
+window.readCookie = function(name){
+  var C, i, c = document.cookie.split('; ');
+  var cookies = {};
   for(i=c.length-1; i>=0; i--){
     C = c[i].split('=');
     cookies[C[0]] = unescape(C[1]);
@@ -106,7 +104,8 @@ window.readCookie = function(name,c,C,i){
 }
 
 window.writeCookie = function(name, val) {
-  document.cookie = name + "=" + val + '; expires=Thu, 31 Dec 2020 23:59:59 GMT; path=/';
+  var d = new Date(Date.now() + 10 * 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000).toUTCString();
+  document.cookie = name + "=" + val + '; expires='+d+'; path=/';
 }
 
 window.eraseCookie = function(name) {