Jim,
I am running into the same problem and did read the article mentioned
below. Still don't see what is going on. The code I am using is:
BECartCookie = new HttpCookie("BECart");
BECartCookie.Value = CartID.ToString();
BECartCookie.Path = "/";
BECartCookie.Expires = dNow.AddHours(48);
Response.Cookies.Set(BECartCookie);
Is there anything wrong with this? Every time I look at the cookie it
returns the "beginning of time" expiration date.
Thanks,
Mike
On Sat, 2 Aug 2003 08:51:54 -0600, "Jim Kelly" <cryptojim@yahoo.com>
wrote:
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>Chris,
>
>Thanks. It figures that the one article that answers my question in one
>sentence is the one that didn't turn up in my search!
>
>
>Jim
>
>"Chris R. Timmons" <crtimmons@X_NOSPAM_Xcrtimmonsinc.com> wrote in message
>news:Xns93CB3E990F88Fcrtimmonscrtimmonsin@207.46. 248.16...[color=green]
>> "Jim Kelly" <cryptojim@yahoo.com> wrote in
>> news:-zednawFyfHWSbeiU-KYuQ@comcast.com:
>>[color=darkred]
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I'm having a strange problem with setting a cookie's expiration
>> > date. The relevant code is as follows:
>> >
>> > HttpCookie hc = new HttpCookie("MyCookie");
>> > hc.Values.Add("UserName", tbUserName.Text);
>> > hc.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddDays(30);
>> > Response.AppendCookie(hc);
>> >
>> > As you can see it's just a simple cookie storing one value. But
>> > when I check its expiration date (by writing it to an ASP:Label
>> > control on the ASPX page), DateTime.MinValue (i.e., 1/1/0001
>> > 12:00:00 AM) is returned every time. I've researched this
>> > extensively online and in MS's documentation and found nothing
>> > addressing this problem very clearly. I have read that an
>> > expiration date of DateTime.MinValue means the cookie will never
>> > expire. I suspect it has something to do with the session cookie
>> > ASP.NET sends to the client automatically (the one containing
>> > ASP.NET_SessionId); maybe I'm inadvertantly obtaining that
>> > cookie's expiration date, which would be "never expires" because
>> > it's just a session cookie, as opposed to my persistent cookie.
>> > But the code I use to obtain the expiration date is
>> > Request.Cookies["MyCookie"].Expires.ToString(), which seems to
>> > refer to my cookie to me.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have any ideas?[/color]
>>
>> Jim,
>>
>> The browser never sends the cookie's expiration date back to the
>> server. This isn't generally a problem, since the browser won't send
>> the cookie to the server if the cookie has expired.
>>
>> Here's an excellent article about cookies and .Net:
>>
>>
http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/AspNetCookies.asp
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Chris.
>> -------------
>> C.R. Timmons Consulting, Inc.
>>
http://www.crtimmonsinc.com/[/color]
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