set cookie expiration in IE throws error (actual commented out)

TypeError: Das Objekt unterstützt die Eigenschaft oder Methode "toUTCString" nicht
at Anonymous function (http://localhost:8100/bower_components/angular-cookies/angular-cookies.min.js:6:342)
at put (http://localhost:8100/bower_components/angular-cookies/angular-cookies.min.js:7:326)
at setCookies (http://localhost:8100/bower_components/ng-drupal-7-services/commons/authentication/authentication.service.js:355:4)
at Anonymous function (http://localhost:8100/bower_components/ng-drupal-7-services/commons/authentication/authentication.service.js:91:9)
at Anonymous function (http://localhost:8100/bower_components/angular/angular.min.js:118:207)
at m.prototype.$eval (http://localhost:8100/bower_components/angular/angular.min.js:132:347)
at m.prototype.$digest (http://localhost:8100/bower_components/angular/angular.min.js:129:357)
at m.prototype.$apply (http://localhost:8100/bower_components/angular/angular.min.js:133:111)
at g (http://localhost:8100/bower_components/angular/angular.min.js:

Start with the stack trace and inspect setCookies in commons/authentication/authentication.service.js at line 355, then trace how angular-cookies handles the expiration value in IE. Reproduce the error in IE and verify that authentication cookie expiration completes without the toUTCString error.

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