--- /usr/lib/python2.6/cookielib.py.orig	2011-05-21 23:03:18.000000000 -0400
+++ /usr/lib/python2.6/cookielib.py	2011-05-21 23:08:00.000000000 -0400
@@ -1551,6 +1551,7 @@
     def make_cookies(self, response, request):
         """Return sequence of Cookie objects extracted from response object."""
         # get cookie-attributes for RFC 2965 and Netscape protocols
+        self._policy._now = self._now = int(time.time())
         headers = response.info()
         rfc2965_hdrs = headers.getheaders("Set-Cookie2")
         ns_hdrs = headers.getheaders("Set-Cookie")
@@ -1633,8 +1634,6 @@
         _debug("extract_cookies: %s", response.info())
         self._cookies_lock.acquire()
         try:
-            self._policy._now = self._now = int(time.time())
-
             for cookie in self.make_cookies(response, request):
                 if self._policy.set_ok(cookie, request):
                     _debug(" setting cookie: %s", cookie)