//var queryString = window.top.location.search.substring(1);
//var the_address = getParameter ( queryString, 'address' );
writeCookie();//the_address);

function writeCookie()//the_address)
{
var now = new Date();
var tzo=(new Date().getTimezoneOffset())*(-1)/60;
var expiration_date = new Date();
expiration_date.setDate(now.getDate()+1);
var the_cookie = "user_time=" + tzo ;
var the_cookie = the_cookie + ";expires=" + expiration_date.toGMTString();
document.cookie=the_cookie

//location = the_address + '?set_cookie=1';
}

/*function getParameter ( queryString, parameterName ) {
   // Add "=" to the parameter name (i.e. parameterName=value)
   var parameterName = parameterName + "=";
   if ( queryString.length > 0 ) {
      // Find the beginning of the string
      begin = queryString.indexOf ( parameterName );
      // If the parameter name is not found, skip it, otherwise return the value
      if ( begin != -1 ) {
         // Add the length (integer) to the beginning
         begin += parameterName.length;
         // Multiple parameters are separated by the "&" sign
         end = queryString.indexOf ( "&" , begin );
      if ( end == -1 ) {
         end = queryString.length
      }
      // Return the string
      return unescape ( queryString.substring ( begin, end ) );
   }
   // Return "null" if no parameter has been found
   return "null";
   }
}*/