ขยายอายุ Cookie โดยตั้งค่า Expiration Date ใช้ Attribute expires
ตัวอย่าง: หมดอายุ 30 นาที
<html>
<head>
<script>
function WriteCookie() {
var now = new Date();
var minutes = 30;
now.setTime(now.getTime() + (minutes * 60 * 1000));
cookievalue = escape(document.myform.customer.value) + ";";
document.cookie = "name=" + cookievalue;
document.cookie = "expires=" + now.toUTCString() + ";";
document.write("Setting Cookies : " + "name=" + cookievalue );
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="myform" action="">
Enter name: <input type="text" name="customer"/>
<input type="button" value="Set Cookie" onclick="WriteCookie()"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>