TMAP Filter - comparing 2 dates columns

[Anonymous]

Hello, 

I am very new and would like to ask a simple question.

There is a function in TMap that allows me to compare 2 dates. My goal is to remove the rows where the 2 dates are the same. 

The 2 rows i am comparing are TRADE_DATE and EXPIRY

TalendDate.compareDate(row1.TRADE_DATE,row1.EXPIRY,"dd-MM-yyyy") != 0

The 2 data inputs are are date data types. 

When i run this, i get an error "Type mismatch: Cannot convert from date to string

Please help

[TRF]

Can you share your tMap with schemas?

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi,

    The condition TalendDate.compareDate(row1.TRADE_DATE,row1.EXPIRY,"dd-MM-yyyy") != 0 will output the value in the form of Boolean (true or false) since you are checking a condition.

    So the output of the above condition should be mapped to a boolean variable. Similarly, your input data should be in date format and not in String. I believe one of your input data is a date value in String format. So you will have to first convert the data to Date data type using ParseDate function.

    If your data types are correct, you will get output as shown below.

Warm Regards,
Nikhil Thampi

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