var expires = new Date();
expires.setTime(expires.getTime() + 24 *60*60*30*1000);
var expiryDate = expires.toGMTString();


function getCookie(name){
var cookieFound= false;
var start = 0;
var end = 0;
var cookieString = document.cookie;

var i = 0 ;


while(i <= cookieString.length){
	start = i;
	end = start + name.length;
	if (cookieString.substring(start,end) == name ){
		cookieFound = true;
		break;
	}
i++
}

// is cookie found?

if (cookieFound) {
	start = end + 1;
	end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", start);
	if (end < start){
		end = document.cookie.length;
	}
	return document.cookie.substring(start,end);
    }
	return "english";
}


function newCookie(name, value){
//TODO 	need a semi colon on the end
//document.writeln("in function newCookie");
//document.writeln("name: " + name);
//document.writeln("value: " + value);
//document.writeln("expiry date: " + expiryDate);
document.cookie = name + "=" + value + "; expires=" + expiryDate;
}

function outputDynamicCss(language){
	document.writeln("<link rel='stylesheet'  type='text/css' href='"+ language + ".css '/>");
}