Reply To: How to compare dates in a IF statement in an Xlate

using copy

and a pre TCL of

set xlateOutVals

0 7]]

source

0(0).PV1.#45.[0]

destination

@dischargeDate

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in your If statement

(0(0).MSH.#9.[1]  eq =A08) && (@dischargeDate < =20051002) — I don’t know the origin of 20051002 as a date .. but .. you may wish to assign it to a variable .. and use that in your if statement .. Dennis P.S. .. I prefer the ‘#’ notation instead of the item number .. It’s just me .. I know what PID-45 is .. I don’t know item 00175