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I have a RUN_DATE field in a File Geodatabase Feature Class Attribute Table. In this field is the current date (today’s date). I want to use a Tester after the DateTimeConverter Transformer to select only the values in the RUN_DATE field that are today’s date. I have tried this and get no passes, all failed. Is there a specific date format that needs to be used for the @DateTimeNow() function?

Here are the parameters in the Tester (that is immediately after the DateTimeConverter Transformer:

 

 

Here are the parameters in the DateTimeConverter Transformer:

 

 

 

Here are the values in the attribute table (after the DateTimeConverter Transformer has been run) circled in red is today’s date:

 

 

Here is a screenshot of my workspace:

 

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ok, I found the answer here: Is there a similair function as DateTimeNow() which takes only the current date and not the time part? I know I can make use of Timestamper but I'm curious if there are other even more simple ways of naming by date in the writer using Date function | Community

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    ok, I found the answer here: Is there a similair function as DateTimeNow() which takes only the current date and not the time part? I know I can make use of Timestamper but I'm curious if there are other even more simple ways of naming by date in the writer using Date function | Community

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