Welcoming Cookie

The first time you access this page, it stores a cookie on your PC. The next time you come here, you'll see a welcome alert box that tells you the last time you visited. Either press F5 or click on the Refresh button to see the effect.

Here's the code:

function writeCookie() {
     var today = new Date();
     var the_date = new Date("December 31, 2023");
     var the_cookie_date = the_date.toGMTString();
     var the_cookie = "nfti_date="+escape(today);
     var the_cookie = the_cookie + ";expires=" + the_cookie_date;
     document.cookie=the_cookie
}

function alertMessage(){
     alert ("Welcome\nThis is your first visit here.")
}

function fixTheDate(date) {
     var split = date.split(" ");
     var fix_the_time = split[3].split(":")
     var hours = fix_the_time[0]
     if (hours>=12) {
	var ampm="PM"
     } else {
	var ampm="AM"
     }
     if (hours > 12) {
	hours = hours-12
     }
     var new_time = hours+":"+fix_the_time[1]+" "+ampm
     var new_date = split[0]+" "+split[1]+", "+split[2]+" at "+new_time+", "+split[5]
     return new_date;
}
//-->
</script>