# Sending mails 2 weeks before a specific date **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 27, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/sending-mails-2-weeks-before-a-specific-date/17944 "2021-01-27T16:25:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![karinawpunkt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/karinawpunkt/32/1129_2.png) [@karinawpunkt](https://forum.mautic.org/u/karinawpunkt)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/sending-mails-2-weeks-before-a-specific-date/17944/1 "2021-01-27T16:25:19Z")
Hi there, I would like to set up an automated birthday campaign. Within this campaign, I want to send an e-mail to the users **2 weeks before** their birthday. Is there a chance to set up an automated email like that? Maybe with a mathematical formula in the sense of “birthday minus 14 days”? I would be very thankful if anyone could help me with this issue. Karina ---
**Author:** ![EJL](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/ejl/32/12155_2.png) [@EJL](https://forum.mautic.org/u/EJL)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/sending-mails-2-weeks-before-a-specific-date/17944/2 "2021-01-27T17:29:32Z")
![Screenshot_2021-01-27 Edit Campaign Mautic](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/mautic/original/2X/6/65a82466e80ae9730378b39e965cd9686b4c9a51.png) If birthday is one of your contact fields you could use that contact field value as a starting point. I think it would require more segments than you would want to deal with. If i were in your shoes I would create January Birthdays for example, use segment filters for birthdays that month, and add segments to a birthday email campaign, but im sure others will chime in with some great ideas as well. ---
**Author:** ![karinawpunkt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/karinawpunkt/32/1129_2.png) [@karinawpunkt](https://forum.mautic.org/u/karinawpunkt)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/sending-mails-2-weeks-before-a-specific-date/17944/3 "2021-01-27T18:42:47Z")
That’s an interesting idea. So instead of saying “2 weeks before the birthday” I could send a mail in December to everyone in the segment “January Birthday”. But… could i do this in an automated campaign or would I need to do it manually? I guess it would be too complicated to create a condition saying “if today is December send out the mail to everyone in the segment of January” and having this condition for every month… ---
**Author:** ![joeyk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/joeyk/32/11164_2.png) [@joeyk](https://forum.mautic.org/u/joeyk)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/sending-mails-2-weeks-before-a-specific-date/17944/4 "2021-01-28T12:39:46Z")
There is a video about this: [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/mautic/original/2X/5/5b54d0ef655a19086401363e0bd6b08931315e78.jpeg "Anniversary Campaign Mautic") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guc27DyC5hM) I know about this from the Mauticast. It is really worth to listen to it: > **[🔈 Mauticast #21: Omnichannel & Voice with Mautic (feat. Gaurav Mishra)](https://www.leuchtfeuer.com/en/mauticast/21/)** > > ▶ Upcoming Security updates ▶ Email verification and ▶ Email deliverability ▶ Crowd funding ▶ Anniversary campaign ▶ Mauticast Newsletter ---
**Author:** ![joeyk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/joeyk/32/11164_2.png) [@joeyk](https://forum.mautic.org/u/joeyk)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/sending-mails-2-weeks-before-a-specific-date/17944/5 "2021-01-28T12:43:01Z")
Oh one more thing: the mathematical formula for two weeks in the future is: DATE equal +14 days In the past 2 weeks: DATE is more or equal - 14 days More than 2 weeks ago: DATE is less than -14 days