Date Dependent Content

<%
' The following for next loop is used to demonstrate
' how this code will work on three different dates
' The varible the_date should be set to date() to retrieve
' the current date when implemented
for count = 1 to 3
if count = 1 then
the_date=#12/30/1999#
end if
if count = 2 then
the_date=#12/31/1999#
end if
if count = 3 then
the_date=#01/01/2000#
end if
start_date= #12/31/1999#
expiration_date = #01/01/2000#

%>

<%= "Start Date=" & start_date &" End Date=" & expiration_date & " Today=" & the_date
%>
 

<% if start_date <= the_date then %>

<%
if expiration_date - the_date <= 0 then
%>

Content has expired on <%= expiration_date %>

<%
else
%>

Content will appear for <%= expiration_date - the_date %> more day(s)

<%
end if
%>

<%
else
%>
Content will appear in <%= abs(the_date - start_date) %> more day(s)

<%
end if
next
%>

The Result is something like:

Start Date=12/31/99 End Date=1/1/00 Today=12/30/99
Content will appear in 1 more day(s)

Start Date=12/31/99 End Date=1/1/00 Today=12/31/99
Content will appear for 1 more day(s)

Start Date=12/31/99 End Date=1/1/00 Today=1/1/00
Content has expired on 1/1/00