[Resolved] Conditional Dates

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[mikeH-3]

How do I get this statement working so that if the post date is before today's date, it shows one thing. If it is after todays date, it shows another? I tried this below but it doesn't work. And yes, I did add a shortcode for [datetime] to toolset settings. It is simply this: return date(get_option('date_format'));

[wpv-conditional if="( '[types field='[wpv-post-date]' ][/types]' gt '[datetoday]' )"] Show this [/wpv-conditional]
[wpv-conditional if="( '[types field='[wpv-post-date]' ][/types]' lt '[datetoday]' )"] Show this instead [/wpv-conditional]

[Nigel]

Hi Mike

You can use the Views date functions such as TODAY() in the conditions. These generate timestamps, so to compare like with like you need the post date in timestamp format.

So this is the kind of thing you need:

[wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-post-date format='U']' lt 'TODAY()' )"]
<p>Already published!</p>
[/wpv-conditional]
[wpv-conditional if="( '[wpv-post-date format='U']' gt 'TODAY()' )"]
<p>Not yet published!</p>
[/wpv-conditional]

See https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/conditional-html-output-in-views/ about setting up conditions, and https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views-shortcodes/#wpv-post-date for details of outputting the post date in different formats.

[mikeH-3]

That worked, thanks much!

[mikeH-3]

How do I do it so that if the field wpcf-note-date has not arrived yet (it is a custom calendar field), don't show the message yet? Only show it after that date.

[Nigel]

Hi Mike,

looks like you opened a new post with Christian to ask this over the weekend, but let me know if you are still stuck.