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Form 1
Syntax:
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IFDATExx
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[ date1 ] [ date2 ] goto [ label ]
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Forms:
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IFDATE=
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[ date1 ] [ date2 ] goto [ label ]
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IFDATE<
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[ date1 ] [ date2 ] goto [ label ]
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IFDATE>
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[ date1 ] [ date2 ] goto [ label ]
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IFDATE<=
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[ date1 ] [ date2 ] goto [ label ]
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IFDATE>=
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[ date1 ] [ date2 ] goto [ label ]
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IFDATE! =
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[ date1 ] [ date2 ] goto [ label ]
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Arguments:
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[ date1 ]
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Variable or string defining a date in the format of mm.dd.yy
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[ date2 ]
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Variable or string defining a date in the format of mm.dd.yy
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[ label ]
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A valid label within the current script file which is branched to if the date condition is satisfied.
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Options:
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none
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Form 2
Syntax:
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IFDATE
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[ cond ] goto [ label ]
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Arguments:
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[ cond ]
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Variable or string defining a date condition to test against the internal %comparedate variable.
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[ label ]
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A valid label within the current script file which is branched to if the date condition is satisfied.
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Options:
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none
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Form 3
Syntax:
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IFDATExx
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[ date ] goto [ label ]
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Forms:
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IFDATE=
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[ date ] goto [ label ]
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IFDATE<
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[ date ] goto [ label ]
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IFDATE>
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[ date ] goto [ label ]
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IFDATE<=
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[ date ] goto [ label ]
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IFDATE>=
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[ date ] goto [ label ]
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IFDATE! =
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[ date ] goto [ label ]
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Arguments:
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[ date ]
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Variable or string defining a date in the format of mm.dd.yy to compare against the date stamp of the file obtained with the most recent GETNEXTFILE script command.
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[ label ]
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A valid label within the current script file which is branched to if the date condition is satisfied.
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Options:
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none
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Form 1 of this command is used to compare two specified date strings in the format of mm.dd.yy.
Form 2 of this command is used in conjunction with the most recent to compare the date of the file with a specified date string.
Form 3 of this command is used in conjunction with the most recent GETNEXTFILE to compare the date of the file with a specified date string.
When specifying a date, leading zeroes are required. The following are examples of valid date strings.
| 12-25-99 | December 25, 1999 |
Syntactically, no space is permitted to the left of the ‘!’, '=', '<' or '>' symbols, and a space is required to the right of these symbols.
Example of Form 1
The following conditional branch is taken if the current date is past June 30, 2003.
IFDATE> %date "06-30-03" goto later date
Example of Form 2
The following conditional branch is taken if a local file just obtained with the GETNEXTFILE command has a date stamp after June 30, 2003.
GETNEXTFILE "*.txt"
IFDATE> "06-30-03" goto good file
Example of Form 3
The following conditional branch is taken if a local file just obtained with the GETNEXTFILE command has a date stamp after June 30, 2003.
GETNEXTFILE "*.txt"
IFDATE> "06-30-03" goto_good
Related Command(s): GETNEXTFILE, IFSIZE, IFTIME
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