You can't.

But you can log to a db when set the cookie... gives the same thing.

If all you want to do is reinvigorate an aging cookie, all you need 
do is set a new cookie with the same info, except a new expiration 
date... kinda' a viagra for your cookies.

Dick



At 9:42 AM -0500 8/30/00, Larry Juncker wrote:
>When a cookie is set on a machine, how can I test for an expiration date?
>
>I have written the following which seems to test for my code in a cookie,
>but do I need to test for it being expired or not?
>
><CFIF IsDefined("Cookie.ab_referer")>
>       <CFIF NOT Cookie.ab_referer CONTAINS "AID">
>               <cfcookie name="ab_referer" 
>value="cs_uri_stem#?#cgi.QUERY_STRING#"
>expires="45">
>       </cfif>
><CFELSE>
>       <cfcookie name="ab_referer" value="cs_uri_stem#?#cgi.QUERY_STRING#"
>expires="45">
></cfif>
>
>I have only certain cookies being set with the AID value in them.
>
>Thanks for the earlier answers and for any help to come.
>
>H   Larry Juncker
>  L  Senior Cold Fusion Programmer
>   I Heartland Communications Group
>           Internet Division
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