I try to save in cookie for a period of 1 hour but I get invalid date

Question

I have a token and I want to save it in cookie for only 1 hour.

Here is my code :

        time= 3600 * 1000;
    let expires = new Date();
    expires.setDate(expires + time);
    console.log(expires);
    document.cookie =`${name}=${value};expires=${expires.toUTCString()};path=/`;

When I run it in chrome I see the following:

Invalid Date

For more info I use the following for implementing my function:

How to set a cookie to expire in 1 hour in Javascript?

Can anyone shed light on this? what am I doing wrong?

You didn't get the time on the `expires` before adding the hour to the time. Then you need to reset the time for `expires`...you skipped a few steps — scrappedcola, Aug 01 '18 at 18:58
@scrappedcola thanks let me give it a try and I will let you know about the result — Hamed Minaee, Aug 01 '18 at 19:01

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 01 '18 at 19:01

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This is happening because of the expires+time part. You can't add a date to a number like that. You could try something like

let expires=new Date(new Date().valueOf()+time);

answered Aug 01 '18 at 19:01

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I try to save in cookie for a period of 1 hour but I get invalid date

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