# Mautic - Date conditions

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/mautic-date-conditions/5043>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [August 24, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/mautic-date-conditions/5043 "2016-08-24T18:32:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![jaroslav.huss](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/jaroslav.huss/32/12244_2.png) [@jaroslav.huss](https://forum.mautic.org/u/jaroslav.huss)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/mautic-date-conditions/5043/1 "2016-08-24T18:32:31Z")

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Hi,  
  
  
  
is it possilbe to make a condition according to date? Lets say, I have a client who submitted Departure Time (Lets say 24.09.2016). All what I need is to set up an automation which says - “Send email to a client who has to leave in 5 days” - so the condition would be in my opinion something like this:  
  
  
  
if (current\_day == departure\_day - 5){  
  
send\_email();  
  
}  
  
  
  
So - if current day is equal to a departure day minus 5 days (so this is how I want to solve sending email 5 days sooner before client is about to leave) - than send email.  
  
  
  
I could not find it in Conditions options… Please help ![:-)]( ":-)")

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**Author:** ![jaroslav.huss](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/jaroslav.huss/32/12244_2.png) [@jaroslav.huss](https://forum.mautic.org/u/jaroslav.huss)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/mautic-date-conditions/5043/2 "2016-08-24T18:32:31Z")

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Hi,

is it possilbe to make a condition according to date? Lets say, I have a client who submitted Departure Time (Lets say 24.09.2016). All what I need is to set up an automation which says - “Send email to a client who has to leave in 5 days” - so the condition would be in my opinion something like this:

if (current\_day == departure\_day - 5){  
send\_email();  
}

So - if current day is equal to a departure day minus 5 days (so this is how I want to solve sending email 5 days sooner before client is about to leave) - than send email.

I could not find it in Conditions options… Please help 🙂

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**Author:** ![joew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@joew](https://forum.mautic.org/u/joew)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/mautic-date-conditions/5043/3 "2016-08-25T01:23:09Z")

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Create a segment based on a custom field values. Add that segment to a stand alone campaign to send the email

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**Author:** ![jaroslav.huss](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/jaroslav.huss/32/12244_2.png) [@jaroslav.huss](https://forum.mautic.org/u/jaroslav.huss)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 7:26am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/mautic-date-conditions/5043/4 "2016-08-25T07:26:08Z")

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Unfortunately - this is not solution. I am looking for an automation process. User will fill up his Departure Time, Mautic will save it and accroding that Departure Time will send some email. So - I need some variable called “current day” to say - if Departure time == (Current day - 5) {  
send\_email();  
}

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**Author:** ![joew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@joew](https://forum.mautic.org/u/joew)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/mautic-date-conditions/5043/5 "2016-08-25T18:06:30Z")

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It is automated. They would fill in the time in a form. The form has a custom field called time. Segment creates list based on time. Campaign with segment sends email

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**Author:** ![jaroslav.huss](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/jaroslav.huss/32/12244_2.png) [@jaroslav.huss](https://forum.mautic.org/u/jaroslav.huss)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/mautic-date-conditions/5043/6 "2016-08-25T18:17:01Z")

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But I need something different - the user choose his “Departure Time” trought the form and according this Departure time the email will be send. But mautic only knows Departure time equals/notequals/greater etc. than value…

In form field - there is no “Time” field but Date field - and in segment IT DOES NOT WORK!