var lastvisit=new Object()
						lastvisit.firstvisitmsg="<br>It's your first time here. " //Change first visit message here
						lastvisit.subsequentvisitmsg="<br><i>[displaydate]</i>" //Change subsequent visit message here

						lastvisit.getCookie=function(Name){ //get cookie value
						var re=new RegExp(Name+"=[^;]+", "i"); //construct RE to search for target name/value pair
						if (document.cookie.match(re)) //if cookie found
						return document.cookie.match(re)[0].split("=")[1] //return its value
						return ""
						}

						lastvisit.setCookie=function(name, value, days){ //set cookie value
						var expireDate = new Date()	//set "expstring" to either future or past date, to set or delete cookie, respectively
						var expstring=expireDate.setDate(expireDate.getDate()+parseInt(days))
						document.cookie = name+"="+value+"; expires="+expireDate.toGMTString()+"; path=/";
						}

						lastvisit.showmessage=function(){
						if (lastvisit.getCookie("visitcounter")==""){ //if first visit
						lastvisit.setCookie("visitcounter", 2, 730) //set "visitcounter" to 2 and for 730 days (2 years)
						document.write(lastvisit.firstvisitmsg)
						}
						else
						document.write(lastvisit.subsequentvisitmsg.replace("\[displaydate\]", new Date().toLocaleString()))
						}
						lastvisit.showmessage()