[rules-users] RE: Effective-date in decision tables

I am attempting to work with effective dates in decision tables. My decision table has two columns - DATE-EFFECTIVE and DATE-EXPIRES; and have a date of date-effective 01/01/2009 and date-expires of 12/31/2009. So far so good.. After compilation, the code I see has duration 31/12/2009 - essentially, the compiler seems to have recognised the date. And, I get an error that reads - [86,12]: [ERR 102] Line 86:12 mismatched input '/' expecting 'then' in rule "CorporateVacations_22" Here's the compiled code snippet with the error - #From row number: 22 rule "CorporateVacations_22" duration 31/12/2009 ruleflow-group "corporatevacations" when CorporateHolidays(holidaysList contains "12252009") then if(returnList==null){ returnList = new ArrayList();} returnList.add("Christmas Day"); end [86,12]: [ERR 102] Line 86:12 mismatched input '/' expecting 'then' in rule "CorporateVacations_22" Is there any other way of defining the effective and expiration days? Is there a correct way of using the dates? Krishna ________________________________ From: Bhamidi, Krishna Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 5:14 PM To: 'Rules Users List' Subject: Effective-date in decision tables Is there a way I can set effective-date for rules in decision tables? It does not appear in any of the key-words of a decision table syntax. Thank you, Krishna