// script by Josh Fraser (http://www.onlineaspect.com)

function setCookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure )
{
// set time, it's in milliseconds
var today = new Date();
today.setTime( today.getTime() );

/*
if the expires variable is set, make the correct
expires time, the current script below will set
it for x number of days, to make it for hours,
delete * 24, for minutes, delete * 60 * 24
*/
if ( expires )
{
expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
}
var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );

document.cookie = name + "=" +escape( value ) +
( ( expires ) ? ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "" ) +
( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) +
( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );
}


function calculate_time_zone() {
	var rightNow = new Date();
	var jan1 = new Date(rightNow.getFullYear(), 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0);  // jan 1st
	var june1 = new Date(rightNow.getFullYear(), 6, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0); // june 1st
	var temp = jan1.toGMTString();
	var jan2 = new Date(temp.substring(0, temp.lastIndexOf(" ")-1));
	temp = june1.toGMTString();
	var june2 = new Date(temp.substring(0, temp.lastIndexOf(" ")-1));
	var std_time_offset = (jan1 - jan2) / (1000 * 60 * 60);
	var daylight_time_offset = (june1 - june2) / (1000 * 60 * 60);
	var dst;
	if (std_time_offset == daylight_time_offset) {
		dst = "0"; // daylight savings time is NOT observed
	} else {
		// positive is southern, negative is northern hemisphere
		var hemisphere = std_time_offset - daylight_time_offset;
		if (hemisphere >= 0)
			std_time_offset = daylight_time_offset;
		dst = "1"; // daylight savings time is observed
	}
	var i;

    setCookie("time_zone_dst", dst, 365, "/");
    setCookie("time_zone_offset", convert(std_time_offset), 365, "/");
}

function convert(value) {
	var hours = parseInt(value);
   	value -= parseInt(value);
	value *= 60;
	var mins = parseInt(value);
   	value -= parseInt(value);
	value *= 60;
	var secs = parseInt(value);
	var display_hours = hours;
	// handle GMT case (00:00)
	if (hours == 0) {
		display_hours = "00";
	} else if (hours > 0) {
		// add a plus sign and perhaps an extra 0
		display_hours = (hours < 10) ? "+0"+hours : "+"+hours;
	} else {
		// add an extra 0 if needed 
		display_hours = (hours > -10) ? "-0"+Math.abs(hours) : hours;
	}
	
	mins = (mins < 10) ? "0"+mins : mins;
	return display_hours+":"+mins;
}

onload = calculate_time_zone;