function SetCookie (name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) { //expire in hours

var today = new Date();
today.setTime( today.getTime() ); 

if ( expires )
{
expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60;
}
//alert( 'today ' + today.toGMTString() );// this is for testing purpose only
var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) ); 

document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
        (( expires ) ? ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "" ) + //expires.toGMTString() 
        ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
        ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
        ((secure) ? "; secure" : "");
}