[rules-users] issue with date comparison

[sumatheja]

Hi,
   I've a fact which is retrieved from database using hibernate. The date
format that comes in is "yyyy-mm-dd", java.util.Date. The fact has two
variables *startDate* and *endDate. *I want to check if the the *current
date* lies between these two. Since the current date is not constant I'm
trying to use a global variable, which I would setbefore firing the rules.
My question is what should be the datatype of this global variable. If I
use Date the format is completely different. If I use String it says that
date can't be compared with string.

    However if I hard code the value of current date in "*dd-MMM-yyyy*"
rule fire fine. Can someone please suggest me a way to achieve this. Thanks
in advance.

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cheers
Sumatheja Dasararaju
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