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I need to time some template changes (not channel entires, otherwise this would be a breeze) to change during a date range, but can’t see how to do it. Does anyone know of a way (preferably without resorting to .php) to do the following, either with native code, or a (2.0) plugin?

Show embed1 between 1st Dec and 4th Jan;

{if "{current_time format='%m/%d'}" >= "12/01" AND "{current_time format='%m/%d'}" <= "01/04" }
    {embed="embeds/christmas_opening_hours"}
{if:else}
    {embed="embeds/random_store"}
{/if}

Logically, i think that should work, but it doesn’t. One date comparison works, but spanning across two doesn’t…

Thanks,

I managed to do this a different way, comparing the %z (day of the year) value that date formatting gives;

{if "{current_time format='%z'}" >= "335" OR "{current_time format='%z'}" <= "4" }

It’s an inelegant way to do it, but does work - a plugin for comparing dates would still be useful…

{if {current_time format='%m%d'} >= 1201 OR {current_time format='%m%d'} <= 0104 }
    Christmas time! 
{if:else}
    Jast another day… 
{/if}

one more example (but it’s only for 2010/2011 years)

{if {current_time format='%m%d'} >= 1201 OR {current_time format='%m/%d'} <= 0104 }
    Christmas time!
{if:else}
    Jast another day…
{/if}