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The following code worked in 2.2.1 but after upgrading to 2.2.2 the code doesn’t work

{if "{entry_date format='%d%m%Y'}" < "26082011"}Display something{if:else}Display something else{/if}

Any idea why this code doesn’t work in 2.2.2 and used to work in 2.2.1?

Thanks in advance!

Hi Vibrant Drive,

Usually in the past when I’ve done this kind of thing I’ve used the $U date format as that then allows you to utilise comparisons a lot easier.

I’m not entirely certain how that used to work for you as I thought that the < comparison operator there just took the numbers literally and not as a date.

I’d definitely therefore recommend using the %U format for this kind of thing instead.

Does that help at all?

Thanks.

Mark

Hi Mark,

I’ll give another try to Unix time but when I tried using it, the final result is the same.

I think you’re right about < comparison operator there just took the numbers literally and not as a date.

I have a static date to compare against entry_date because the website I build is a huge news portal and now we’re using new module for managing assets but I still need to display old assets. So the easiest way is to compare entry_date with a static date when we started to use new assets module.

Hi Vibrant Drive,

You should definitely get better results using the %U format than using a date although saying that are you using that you mention using a new module?

Are you now using that {if} statement within the new modules tags perhaps?

If so then it might be that the module doesn’t like that which is something you would need to take up with the author of that module as we can’t offer support for 3rd party offerings I’m afraid.

That said I’d definitely advise using &U though.

Does that help at all?

Thanks.

Mark

Hi Mark,

I’m using {if} statement in native way and outside of new module tags. It’s like this:

{if "{entry_date format='%U'}" < "static_date_converted_to_unix_time"}
Old assets code
{if:else}
New assets code
{/if}

But for some reason, always display only first rule (old assets code).

Is that {if} conditional surrounded by a Channel Entries tag, something else or nothing?

Have you tried just outputting the date in each of the {if} conditionals so something like this :

{if "{entry_date format='%U'}" < "static_date_converted_to_unix_time"}
{entry_date format='%U'} - static_date_here
{if:else}
{entry_date format='%U'} - static_date_here
{/if}

Where it says static_date_here in the code above place in the date Unix date that you have converted so you can very quickly see if the numbers you are getting output are being evaluated by the conditional correctly.

Also for now take out the assets module (I’m guessing this is the Pixel & Tonic module you’re using here?) whilst you’re testing this.

Let me know how you get on with that please.

Thanks.

Mark

Hi Mark,

I just tried with Unix time and seems like everything works as expected.

Thanks for your help!

Hi Mark,

I just tried with Unix time and seems like everything works as expected.

Thanks for your help!

Excellent news!

Glad that got it working for you.

If you have any more issues then please feel free to post again as needed.

Cheers,

Mark