function gsetCookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) {
  var curCookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
      ((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") +
      ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
      ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
      ((secure) ? "; secure" : "");
  document.cookie = curCookie;
}


function ggetCookie(name) {
  var dc = document.cookie;
  var prefix = name + "=";
  var begin = dc.indexOf("; " + prefix);
  if (begin == -1) {
    begin = dc.indexOf(prefix);
    if (begin != 0) return null;
  } else
    begin += 2;
  var end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", begin);
  if (end == -1)
    end = dc.length;
  return unescape(dc.substring(begin + prefix.length, end));
}


function gdeleteCookie(name, path, domain) {
  if (ggetCookie(name)) {
    document.cookie = name + "=" +
    ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
    ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
    "; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT";
  }
}


// date - any instance of the Date object
// * hand all instances of the Date object to this function for "repairs"

function gGetQV(variable) {
  var query = window.location.search.substring(1);
  var vars = query.split("&");
  for (var i=0;i<vars.length;i++) {
    var pair = vars[i].split("=");
    if (pair[0] == variable) {
      return pair[1];
    }
  }
  return false;
}

function checkRef() {
 var portal = getQV('portal');
 if (portal){
 var portalcookie = getCookie('portal');
  if (portalcookie != portal){
    setCookie('portal',portal,'','/');
  }
 }
}

function gsetCookie2(name2,value2) {
        gsetCookie(name2, value2, '', '/', gGetCookieDom());
}

function gGetCookieDom(){
        var thisdomain = document.domain;
        thisdomain.replace(/^(www|tools)?\./,'');
        return thisdomain;
};


function gfixDate(date) {
  var base = new Date(0);
  var skew = base.getTime();
  if (skew > 0)
    date.setTime(date.getTime() - skew);
}