javascriptjquerycookiesjquery-cookie

How to read the cookie creation date (not expiration)


Is there a way to store in a variable a cookie creation date? I'm using the jquery.cookie plugin. If there is not a way, I'm thinking about store in the cookie, as value, the actual time/date. It could be a solution.

Thanks.


Solution

  • <!-- Output the DateTime that the cookie is set to expire -->
    @Request.Cookies["YourCookie"].Expires.ToString()
    

    However, I don't believe that there is a property to get the Creation Date, unless you were to specifically store the value itself as an additional value within the Cookie itself :

    //Create your cookie
    HttpCookie yourCookie = new HttpCookie("Example");
    //Add an actual value to the Values collection
    yourCookie.Values.Add("YourValue", "ExampleValue");
    //Add a Created Value to store the DateTime the Cookie was created
    yourCookie.Values.Add("Created", DateTime.Now.ToString());
    yourCookie.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(30);
    
    //Add the cookie to the collection
    Request.Cookies.Add(yourCookie);
    

    which you could access in your page through :

    Created : @Request.Cookies["Example"].Values["Created"].ToString()
    Expires : @Request.Cookies["Example"].Expires.ToString()