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I am displaying a list of albums. Their entry date is their release date. I want to list all albums using the show_future_entries=‘yes’ parameter, and label what is “currently out” and what is a “future release”. looking for a way to either check if the current date is before the entry date, and then use that IF to create a title, or restrict my weblog:entries to ONLY show future entries (latter is easier)

Thanks

Not tested, but maybe this would work:

{if current_time < entry_date } Future Release {/if}

That would be problematic because it also takes the time into account.  So, you might get an instance where it shows as a future release the day it’s supposed to release (for a few hours anyway).

Your other options are to:

1.  Use PHP
2.  User the weblog:entries tag’s start_on= parameter.  This would do something like what you mentioned in your post (display all entries posted after a certain date).

Edit:  The variable is current_time not current_date.  Thanks, Mark.

Just as a quick note on this I think you’re probably looking for the {current_time} variable as ExpressionEngine doesn’t have a {current_date} variable as far as I know. You should also be able to do something like this I think to get at what you need :

{if "{current_time format="%U"}" < "{entry_date format="%U"}"}
This is a Future release.
{/if}

Hope that helps a bit.

Best wishes,

Mark

Thank you both very much for the help, I’m all set now!

Excellent 😊

Hope it all goes well for you.

Best wishes,

Mark

kind of along the same lines, I am trying to figure out a way that I can sort my events that I have set in the future. So you pick “day | week | month” and it would show the corresponding time period. I know there is the display=“week” variable however that only shows past entries. I know you can also add “show_future_entries” but then I’ll have past entries for a week and all future entries. Any ideas?

To give you a better idea, here is my site: http://www.lcbcchurch.com/happenings/event-link/date/text/