php3-list | 199903

Re: [PHP3] Cookies lifetime From: Jean-Marc Libs (libs <email protected>)
Date: 03/18/99

> I finally find the solution.
>
> The problem comes from time zone, IE4 and Netscape3 calculate cookie
> lifetime with GMT time. The server and the remote machine have to be in the
> same time zone.
>
> Example:
> If the server is set to be in GMT (Greenwich) and the remote machine is set
> to be GMT (Paris, Madrid) (+1h)
> the cookie lifetime will be 1h(cookie time) - 1h(Greenwitch-Paris) = 0.
>
> (In fact I have set my cookie time()+3700 then 3700-3600=100s=1mn20)

I have found that Netscape understands the cookies as GMT dates, but
IE does understand them as local dates (which makes no sense).

Regards,
J-M

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