Maybe adjelore is right, you don't need a cookie, but just in case here's a little sample program that shows how easy it is to set and get cookies in Perl (easier that javascript, but then about anything is easier)
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

use CGI;
$q = new CGI;

    ($sec,$min,$hr,$mday,$mon,$yr,$wkday,$yrday,$isdst) = localtime();
    $end = $min + 20;
    if ($end > 59) { $end - 60; }
    
print "Set-Cookie: endtime = $end\n";  #set the cookie

print "Minutes to end: $min to $end\n";

#some significant pause

$cookie = $q->cookie( "endtime" );  #get the cookie

print "$cookie\n";

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And please, fellow monks, don't reply that I should have used strict, etc. I know, I know.

And ajdelore thanks for the redirect sample, I've been using another way, I'll try this one.

Brad

In reply to Re: CGI Cookie by bradcathey
in thread CGI Cookie by rupesh

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