if / else based on date variable?

Matt Burden — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:44:04 +0000

Hello,

We would like to display a message based on the current local time.

pseudo code:

if time before 10:15 AM

display message

else

display other message

end if

It does not appear I can set a variable to be the %H so use in my IF statement.

Am I being dense? Do I need sleep? Can this be accomplished?

Thanks in advance.

Matt

Jared Burns commented

Jared Burns — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:30:50 +0000

You can do it like this…

{% capture current_time %}{{ "now" | date: "%H%M" }}{% endcapture %}
{% if '1515' < current_time %}
    It's before 10:15 AM EST
{% else %}
    It's after 10:15 AM EST
{% endif %}

The time zone is in UTC using the 24-hour clock, so you’ll need to change the time you’re specifying (10:15 AM, for example) to reflect the time zone you’re in (or want to support). In the example above, 1515 represents 10:15 AM EST.

If you want CST, it’d be 1615, MST is 1715, and PST is 1815. You can refer to the following time conversions site to determine other times if you’re not familiar with this…

http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/zones.html

Matt Burden commented

Matt Burden — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:03:12 +0000

Thanks, that worked.