How to write if and else condition check for the date pattern in tMap

[Anonymous]

Hello all

I have a requirement like below

Date1	Date2
6/2/2018	7/2/2019
null	7/25/2019

If the Date1 is null i need to populate the value from Date2 in the target

If the Date1 is not null i need to populate the value as current date in the target

My expected output column

output

today's date (11/03/2019)

7/25/2019

Thanks In Advance

Manish

[TRF · Accepted solution]

row1.date1 == null ? row1.date2 : TalendDate.formatDate("MM/dd/yyyy", TalendDate.getCurrentDate())

[Anonymous]

Thanks @TRF 

Am getting cannot convert string to date error, can you please help me out how to resolve it 

[TRF]

Just change for this if datatype is date:
row1.date1 == null ? row1.date2 : TalendDate.getCurrentDate())
In this case formatting doesn't make sense, a date is a date...

[Anonymous]

@TRF 

row1.date1 == null ? row1.date2 : TalendDate.getCurrentDate() i used this, so it worked out as per my need thanks @TRF