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I have a flow where I am comparing dates to see if one is in the future.  The format is MM/dd/yy. 

If %date% is not greater than %currentdate% then ask to re-enter to future date.

I can't get it to work properly.  It never accepts a date as in the future and always asks me to re-enter.  Is it because of the format?

 

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    Mira Ghaly 11,413 Moderator on at

    @Etignor1 

    Are you able to share screenshots of your flow?

     

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    Community Power Pla... on at

    Sure.  the first shot shows how I get the current date and format it.  The second shows the If statement.  The %Closingdate% is formatted the same as the current date format exactly.

     

    current date.pngcurr date greater than closing date.png

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    andersjensenorg 28 on at

    Hey Etignor1 🙂

     

    That's the wrong approach (you're trying to compare two text representations of DateTimes).

    What you should do instead (see below):
    1. Convert the ClosingDate text variable to DateTime. Remember to add the 00:00:00 AM to the Converting text. I called the output DateTimeClosingDate.
    2. Compare the CurrentDateTime (don't convert it to text) to the DateTime

    I've created the flow for you:
    DateTime.png
    PS. My Set variable (%ClosingDate%, 12/24/2022) was an example.

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    Community Power Pla... on at

    Thanks buddy!!  I appreciate you!

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