[rules-users] Getting Current Date in LHS of a rule

Hi All, Can anyone tell me if there is a variable or standard way to get the *current date* and compare with the java.util.Date. I'm trying write the below rule but it doesn't work. It doesn't throw any error but the rule is not at all fired in any case rule "new rule" dialect "java" when

Re: [rules-users] Getting Current Date in LHS of a rule

Don't do this: LHS code should not have any side effects and should not depend on the time a CE or constraint is evaluated. If your variable should represent a yyy-mm-dd 0:00:00, you should establish a global variable of type Date and initialize it after creating your session and before inserting

Re: [rules-users] Getting Current Date in LHS of a rule

Thanks for the response. I will follow that. On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Wolfgang Laun wrote: > Don't do this: LHS code should not have any side effects and should > not depend on the time a CE or constraint is evaluated. > > If your variable should represent a yyy-mm-dd 0:00:00, you should