tornado cookie signature in node.js

secure_cookie.js

var crypto = require('crypto');

function create_signature(secret, name, parts) {
    var hmac = crypto.createHmac('sha1', secret);
    hmac.update(name);
    for (var i = 0; i < parts.length; i++) {
        hmac.update(parts[i]);
    }
    return hmac.digest('hex');
}

exports.decode_signed_value = function (secret, name, value, max_age_days){
    max_age_days = max_age_days !== null ? 31 : max_age_days;
    if ( value === null ) {
        return null;
    }
    var parts = value.split("|");
    if (parts.length != 3) {
        return null;
    }
    var signature = create_signature(secret, name, [parts[0], parts[1]]);
    if (parts[2] != signature) {
        console.log('Invalid cookie signature', value);
        return null;
    }
    var now = new Date().getTime() / 1000;
    var timestamp = parts[1];
    if (timestamp < now - max_age_days * 86400) {
        console.log('Expired cookie', value);
        return null;
    }
    if (timestamp > now + 31 * 864000) {
        console.log('Cookie timestamp in future; possible tampering', value);
        return null;
    }
    if (timestamp[0] == "0") {
        console.log('Tampered cookie', value);
    }
    return new Buffer(parts[0]).toString('base64');
};

Hey man,
I think the last line is: return new Buffer(parts[0], 'base64').toString('utf8');

Also:
max_age_days = max_age_days === null ? 31 : max_age_days;