Re: [rules-users] Newbie question: can I create a variable in the rules file?

Sigh! I don't understand what is going on. I added another rule which is almost identical: rule BidderReqCorrection no-loop activation-group "permissions" when c: PermissionCheck(name == "stuff", action == "find", granted = false) Role(name == "A Role") AppProp(now == (new Date()), s: startDate -> (s.getTime() < now.getTime()), e: endDate -> (e.getTime() > now.getTime()) ) then c.grant(); modify(c); end; But now I get the error: org.drools.rule.InvalidRulePackage: Unable to create Field Extractor for 'now' Rule Compilation error Unknown variable or type "now" Class " java.lang.Object" has no method named "getTime" Expression "now" is not an rvalue Expression "now" is not an rvalue Expression "now" is not an rvalue Exception:null Its a copy-and-paste from the first rule. Just changed the action from "do" to "find". It does not matter if I comment out all the other rules or not. This new rule always causes the error.