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RCS file: /cvsroot/curl/curl/lib/cookie.c,v
retrieving revision 1.110
diff -u -r1.110 cookie.c
--- lib/cookie.c        28 Sep 2009 17:01:23 -0000      1.110
+++ lib/cookie.c        24 Oct 2009 20:04:45 -0000
@@ -363,9 +363,8 @@
               badcookie = TRUE;
               break;
             }
-            /* Note that we store -1 in 'expires' here if the date couldn't
-               get parsed for whatever reason. This will have the effect that
-               the cookie won't match. */
+            /* Note that if the date couldn't get parsed for whatever reason,
+               the cookie will be treated as a session cookie */
             co->expires = curl_getdate(what, &now);
 
             /* Session cookies have expires set to 0 so if we get that back
@@ -373,6 +372,8 @@
                non-session cookie */
             if (co->expires == 0)
               co->expires = 1;
+            else if( co->expires < 0 )
+                co->expires = 0;
           }
           else if(!co->name) {
             co->name = strdup(name);