The function ecm:equal determines whether two specified dates are equal. The comparison is exact to the millisecond. The value returned is a Boolean data type.
Example
A selection is used to send a thank you message to group members on the anniversary of the date they signed up for a newsletter. This date is stored in the custom attribute WelcomeDate.
The function ecm:trunc is used to reset the time component for both the current date and the attribute value to zero. It is then possible to use the function ecm:equal to define the selection criteria because the time component is negated. The expression is constructed as follows:
${ecm:equal(ecm:trunc(user.CustomAttribute['WelcomeDate'], 'time')), (ecm:trunc(date.Today, 'time'))}
CODE
Structure
ecm:equal(date, date)
Parameters
Parameter | Description |
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date | Specifies the target date. |
date | The date value used for the comparison. |