How can I make set embed tag on a timer?

Hi Dennis,

Totally untested but this might work :

{if "{current_time format="%l"}" == "Tuesday" OR "{current_time format="%l"}" == "Thursday"}

{embed="template_group/template_name"}

{/if}

Best wishes,

Mark

That makes sense, I’ll test to see what it does. Thanks!

Seems to be working, I’ll know tomorrow if it turns off. Thanks again!!

Seems to be working, I’ll know tomorrow if it turns off. Thanks again!!

Excellent. No problem. Please do let me know if it works tomorrow. As I said before this was just an idea and not tested so would be interested in knowing if it does indeed work myself.

Best wishes,

Mark

It didn’t work. It did not turn off the embed.

It didn’t work. It did not turn off the embed.

Hmm that’s weird. Seemed to work when I just tested it now on my machine. Admitted I was just changing my system clock to see if it worked but I would imagine that it would do the same thing on a server.

Have you tried outputting the current day just to see if the server is set up correctly?

Best wishes,

Mark

Sorry, how do I output the current day?

This is what I was trying to do:

{if "{current_time format="%l"}" == "Tuesday" OR "{current_time format="%l"}" == "Thursday"}
    {embed='inc/tip-of-the-day'}
{/if}
{if "{current_time format="%l"}" == "Monday" OR "{current_time format="%l"}" == "Wednesday" OR "{current_time format="%l"}" == "Friday" OR "{current_time format="%l"}" == "Saturday" OR "{current_time format="%l"}" == "Sunday"}
    {embed='inc/commenter-of-the-day'}
{/if}

Still very weird because if I place that exact same code in a template then it all works as it should do for me. Again admittedly I’m changing the day using my System Preferences but I would have thought that this would be the same as on a server.

Have you tried with just that code above and nothing else in the template?

Also try just this :

{if "{current_time format="%l"}" == "Tuesday" OR "{current_time format="%l"}" == "Thursday"}
Tuesday or Thursday
{/if}
{if "{current_time format="%l"}" == "Monday" OR "{current_time format="%l"}" == "Wednesday" OR "{current_time format="%l"}" == "Friday" OR "{current_time format="%l"}" == "Saturday" OR "{current_time format="%l"}" == "Sunday"}
All other days
{/if}

Just to see if the correct text comes out. One other thing is you’re not using any sort of caching are you?

Best wishes,

Mark

I tested your code and the correct result displayed. No caching involved.

OK, I placed the code back in and its displaying the right embed. Last night after 12:33 AM PT it did not switch the embeds like I expected. I’ll let it run again.

Could be an issue with localised dates I guess?

Maybe it changed at 1:00 instead? Might be worth seeing if that’s it.

Best wishes,

Mark