Date

Use this type to construct validations for specific date formats. You can use this validation on attributes that have base type date.

Syntax

<comparedate><comparator><compareday><comparemonth><compareyear>

• comparedate - Compare the attribute value to a specific date, the dateformat of this date should be 'yyyy/MM/dd'.

• comparator - The type of comparison, this can be 'less', 'equal' and 'greater'.

• compareday - There are three options:

  • a number between 1 and 31; the day part of the attribute value is compared with this value.

  • '+' followed by a number; the day part of the attribute value is compared with the current day '+' the specified number.

  • '–' followed by a number; the day part of the attribute value is compared with the current day '–' the specified number.

• comparemonth - There are three options:

  • a number between 1 and 12; the month part of the attribute value is compared with this value.

  • '+' followed by a number; the month part of the attribute value is compared with the current month '+' the specified number.

  • '–' followed by a number; the month part of the attribute value is compared with the current month '–' the specified number.

• compareyear - There are three options:

  • a number; the year part of the attribute value is compared with this value.

  • '+' followed by a number; the year part of the attribute value is compared with the current year '+' the specified number.

  • '–' followed by a number; the year part of the attribute value is compared with the current year '–' the specified number.

Examples

Suppose that TODAY = 07-10-2004.