<!-- Paste this code into an external JavaScript file named: lastVisit.js  -->

/* This script and many more are available free online at
The JavaScript Source :: http://javascript.internet.com
Created by: Patrick Clinger :: http://www.freewebs.com/google_game/ */

function lastVisit() {
  var lastvisit=new Object()
  lastvisit.firstvisitmsg="Your visit to this site has been logged so we can welcome you back next time you visit" //Change first visit message here
  lastvisit.subsequentvisitmsg="Welcome Back. Your last visit was on <b>[displaydate]</b>" // Change subsequent visit message here

  lastvisit.getCookie=function(Name) { // get cookie value
    var re=new RegExp(Name+"=[^;]+", "i"); // construct RE to search for target name/value pair
    if (document.cookie.match(re)) // if cookie found
      return document.cookie.match(re)[0].split("=")[1] // return its value
      return ""
  }
  lastvisit.setCookie=function(name, value, days) { // set cookie value
    var expireDate = new Date()
    //set "expstring" to either future or past date, to set or delete cookie, respectively
    var expstring=expireDate.setDate(expireDate.getDate()+parseInt(days))
    document.cookie = name+"="+value+"; expires="+expireDate.toGMTString()+"; path=/";
  }

  lastvisit.showmessage=function() {
  if (lastvisit.getCookie("visitcounter")=="") { // if first visit
    lastvisit.setCookie("visitcounter", 2, 730) // set "visitcounter" to 2 and for 730 days (2 years)
    document.write(lastvisit.firstvisitmsg)
  } else
    document.write(lastvisit.subsequentvisitmsg.replace("\[displaydate\]", new Date().toLocaleString()))
  }
  lastvisit.showmessage()
}