I am asking this here because I need to adjust my script to deal with this situation. I have a cookie check line like so :

my $bhangs = $q->cookie(-name=>"current_bhangs") || set_cookie($q); 

sub set_cookie {
    my $q = shift;
    $val="schicken fu";
    my $cookie = $q->cookie ( -name=>"bhangs",
                         -value=>"$val",
                         -expires=>"+2m");  

print $q->redirect(-url=>url,
                    -cookie=>$cookie);
    exit;
}
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problem is that the the cookie should be set to expire 2 minutes after it is set and I have found that if the time on the server and the time on the PC's internal clock are a mismatch ( as they will almost always be ) the browser chases its tail all day setting the cookie and checking to find it is already expired ad infinitum. Since I can't track the process via the cookie and tell the script it has a time mismatch since it successfully set the cookie less than 2 server clock seconds ago...I am at a loss. Should I abandon cookies and have the script sleep for 2 minutes instead of doing a cookie check?
Any advice greatly appreciated.
TIA
jg
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