// $Id: utils.js,v 1.2 2004/07/01 16:43:37 daver Exp $
// $Source: /bbsrc/web/docs/us/jscommon/utils.js,v $
// Description: Javascript Utilities

function seconds(){
	var date = new Date();
	return date.getTime();
}

function writeCookie(name, value, expires, path) {
	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() : "") +
			((path) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) + ";domain=.bloomberg.com";
}


function setCookie(MODE) {
	if ( MODE == 'on')
		document.cookie="FLASHMODE=off; expires=Wednesday, 09-Nov-99 23:12:40 GMT";
	else
		document.cookie="FLASHMODE=off";
}

function getCookie(Name) {
	var search = Name + "=";
	if (document.cookie.length > 0) {
		offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search) ;
		if (offset != -1) { 
			offset += search.length;
			end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset);
			if (end == -1) 
				end = document.cookie.length;
			return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, end));
		} 
	}
}