Jeff, I think you should use quotation marks in the if tag: <!--#if "equal(BeginDate,EndDate)"--> I haven't found the equal function in the DTML documentation. I have never use it. Have you ever try this: <!--#if "BeginDate==EndDate"-->? Arpad -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Nielsen <jeffniel@ix.netcom.com> To: Zope <zope@zope.org> Date: Friday, February 05, 1999 8:00 AM Subject: [Zope] Date comparison problem

I'm trying to build an if statement by comparing two date values (BeginDate, EndDate)retrieved from a SQL query. If the two dates are equal, I just want to output the date once otherwise, I want to output both dates. I can't figure out how to do this. I have the following chunk of code, but it always evaluates false, even if the two dates are the same.

<!--#if equal(BeginDate,EndDate)--> <!--#var BeginDate fmt=day--> <!--#var BeginDate fmt=Month-->.... [deleted] <!--#else--> <!--#var BeginDate fmt=day--> <!--#var BeginDate fmt=Month-->.... [deleted] <!--#/if-->

Any help is appreciated.

Jeff jeffniel@ix.netcom.com

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