Locale-Safe Date Rules
November 19, 2014
Features
Features
Rules
Date operations in AMODIT rules require care because the platform supports multiple languages and each locale can display and interpret dates differently.
Avoid Locale-Dependent Date Strings
A Polish locale can display a date as yyyy-mm-dd, while US English typically uses mm/dd/yyyy. A direct string comparison is therefore risky:
[To]>="2014-05-02"
Use an explicit date value instead:
[To]>=DateTime(2014,5,2)
This prevents the rule from interpreting the same date differently after a language change.
