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I’m wondering if there is a way to use conditionals based on the relationship between an entry date and the current time?

I would like to show a different date format depending on the age of an entry, for example:

— For < 7 days ago / future entries 2.45pm January 12
— For < 1 year ago January 12 2011
— For > 1 year ago Winter 2010

I know I can pull in the current time via php but is there a way to combine this with conditionals in order to change the display?

Thanks for any help or pointers!
David

See this http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/92848/
or keep in mind that there is a variable {current_time} and format of choice for some of those native EE conditionals. Gets sticky with timestamp stored and all.

Thanks for the help — I wasn’t aware that {current_time} was available to me.

I managed to get the effect that I was looking for using current_time and the Simple Math plugin (http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/simple-math)

<!--Future Entries / Less than one week old-->
{if {exp:simple_math calculate="{current_time format="%U"} - {entry_date format="%U"}"} <=604800}
 {entry_date format="%g.%i%a %F %j"}
{/if}

<!--More than one week old / Less than one year old-->
{if {exp:simple_math calculate="{current_time format="%U"} - {entry_date format="%U"}"} >= 604801 AND {exp:simple_math calculate="{current_time format="%U"} - {entry_date format="%U"}"} <=31556926}
 {entry_date format="%F %j %Y"}
{/if}

<!--More than one year old -->
{if {exp:simple_math calculate="{current_time format="%U"} - {entry_date format="%U"}"} >=31556926}
 {entry_date format="%F %Y"}
{/if}

A little messy but it does the job.

Cool, glad you made use of it and created a solution.