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shaik2many / javascript-localstorage-expiry.js
Created July 20, 2016 14:07
set timeout for localStorage or sessionStorage
http://apassant.net/2012/01/16/timeout-for-html5-localstorage/
var hours = 24; // Reset when storage is more than 24hours
var now = new Date().getTime();
var setupTime = localStorage.getItem('setupTime');
if (setupTime == null) {
localStorage.setItem('setupTime', now)
} else {
if(now-setupTime > hours*60*60*1000) {
localStorage.clear()