Comparing Mysql Datetime with Twig Date()

Question

I have some variable named setting.graduate_start and setting.graduate_end . Both have MySQL DATETIME format like 2020-08-05 11:55:00 .
All I want is tp display a menu if today is between setting.graduate_start and setting.graduate_end .

So I wrote the code like this:

 {% if date(setting.graduate_start) > date() and date(setting.graduate_end) < date()%}
      <li><a href="/graduation">Graduation</a></li>
 {% endif %}

setting.graduate_start is 2020-08-05 11:55:00 and setting.graduate_end is 2020-08-10 12:00:00 , so, when today is 2020-08-06 the list element is supposed to be displayed but it wasn't.

How can I fix it?

Answer 1

date() , in Twig, is a filter to format date , alone it doesn't do anything .

If you want the current date, you'll need to use 'now' | date() 'now' | date() , but that will still not give the format you expect.

But as prompted in the documentation:

The format specifier is the same as supported by date , except when the filtered data is of type DateInterval , when the format must conform to DateInterval::format instead.

^{Source: https://twig.symfony.com/doc/3.x/filters/date.html#date}

So with all this together:

{% if 'now' | date('Y-m-d H:i:s') > setting.graduate_start | date('Y-m-d H:i:s') and 'now' | date('Y-m-d H:i:s') < setting.graduate_end | date('Y-m-d H:i:s')  %}
  <li><a href="/graduation">Graduation</a></li>
{% endif %}

Renders your link as it should .