function getCookie( name ) {
  var start = document.cookie.indexOf( name + "=" );
  var len = start + name.length + 1;
  if ( ( !start ) && ( name != document.cookie.substring( 0, name.length ) ) ) {
    return null;
  }
  if ( start == -1 ) return null;
  var end = document.cookie.indexOf( ";", len );
  if ( end == -1 ) end = document.cookie.length;
  return unescape( document.cookie.substring( len, end ) );
}

function setCookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure ) {
  var today = new Date();
  today.setTime( today.getTime() );
  if ( expires ) {
    expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
  }
  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" : "" );
}

function deleteCookie( name, path, domain ) {
  if ( getCookie( name ) ) document.cookie = name + "=" +
    ( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "") +
    ( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
    ";expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT";
}

function GetLongDateTimeNow(){
var day="";
var month="";
var myweekday="";
var year="";
newdate = new Date();
mydate = new Date();
dston =  new Date('April 4, 1999 2:59:59');
dstoff = new Date('october 31, 1999 2:59:59');
var myzone = newdate.getTimezoneOffset();
newtime=newdate.getTime();

var zone = 11;  // references your time zone

if (newdate > dston && newdate < dstoff ) {
zonea = zone - 1 ;
//dst = "  Pacific Daylight Savings Time";
}
else {
zonea = zone ; //dst = "  Pacific Standard Time";
}
//var newzone = (zonea*60*60*1000);
//newtimea = newtime+(myzone*60*1000)-newzone;

var newtimea=new Date();

mydate.setTime(newtimea);
myday = mydate.getDay();
mymonth = mydate.getMonth();
myweekday= mydate.getDate();
myyear= mydate.getYear();
year = myyear;

if (year < 2000)

year = year + 1900;
myhours = mydate.getHours();

if (myhours >= 12) {
myhours = (myhours == 12) ? 12 : myhours - 12; mm = " PM";
}
else {
myhours = (myhours == 0) ? 12 : myhours; mm = " AM";
}
myminutes = mydate.getMinutes();
if (myminutes < 10){
mytime = ":0" + myminutes;
}
else {
mytime = ":" + myminutes;
};
arday = new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday")
armonth = new Array("January ","February ","March ","April ","May ","June ","July ","August ","September ", "October ","November ","December ")
ardate = new Array("0th","1st","2nd","3rd","4th","5th","6th","7th","8th","9th","10th","11th","12th","13th","14th","15th","16th","17th","18th","19th","20th","21st","22nd","23rd","24th","25th","26th","27th","28th","29th","30th","31st");
// rename locale as needed.

var rettime = (arday[myday] +", " + ardate[myweekday]  +" "+ armonth[mymonth] + ", " + year+" at "+ myhours + mytime+ mm +".");

return rettime;
}

