How can I compare the jiradate to the current day?

[Dom Malgieri]

Im trying to do a advance compare for todays date specifically and it keeps telling me the condition doesnt match. My end goal is to apply this logic to tell a rule that if the jiradate = 12/25/2022 then dont run.

[Alex Koxaras _Relational_ · Accepted solution]

Hi @Dom Malgieri 

I'm not quite sure what is it that you want to achieve.

{{now.jiraDate}} yields today's date (now) in the jira format. What you are trying to do is to compare the now date with an expression that returns null ({{now.jiraDate.12/01/2022}}). So what is it that you want to compare? Today's date with a specific date?

[Dom Malgieri]

Correct, or rather a string of dates...holidays but if I need to compare them individually thats fine. I just cant seem to get it to compare the current date to a set date. I set the others date as today to see if I could get it to work instantly and then from there i could adjust the date as needed.

[Alex Koxaras _Relational_]

Then try this:

[Dom Malgieri]

Success. Much appreciated. Is there a way to do multiple dates or can it only be one date at a time?

[Alex Koxaras _Relational_]

Multiple dates or multiple ifs?

[Dom Malgieri]

dates. I think i got it though by putting or between each date on the second value

[Alex Koxaras _Relational_]

Good to know!

But in case it doesn't work, try using "contains regex" instead of "equals", and as the second values type something like this: 

(2022-01-12|2022-01-14)

where all the dates you want to compare are separated by a |

Kindly mark my answer as accepted in order to help other find proper answers!

Cheers!