Hi!
My goal is to schedule a promotion based upon three datetimes:
1. now
2. promotion_start_date
3. promotion_end_date
If 'now' is between promotion_start_date & promotion_end_date, the promotion must be shown. promotion_end_date & promotion_end_date values come from metafields. I have this code:
{% assign seconds = 5 | times: 24 | times: 60 %}
{% assign current_date = 'now' | date: "%d/%m/%Y, %H:%M:%S" %}
{% assign promotion_start_date = shop.metafields.promotion.promotion_start | date: "%s" | minus: seconds | date: "%d/%m/%Y, %H:%M:%S" %}
{% assign promotion_end_date = shop.metafields.promotion.promotion_end | date: "%s" | minus: seconds | date: "%d/%m/%Y, %H:%M:%S" %}
{% if current_date > promotion_start_date and current_date < promotion_end_date %}
{% capture promotion_is_live %}{{shop.metafields.promotion.is_active}}{% endcapture %}
{% endif %}
I've included this inside a snippet and added it to theme.liquid's <head>. There, this works perfectly. I continuously update the metafields values to toggle the promotion on and off, and upon refresh, i get a nice "{{ current_date }}" printed (which is perfectly live and not cached) and a conditional output as per test:
{{ current_date }}
{% if promotion_is_live %}
promotion_is_live
{% else %}
promotion_is_not_live
{% endif %}
Now the issue i have is the following:
When using the "{% if promotion_is_live %}" conditional in my templates, it doesn't work. As per the same test, i also added the output (promotion_is_live & promotion_is_not_live) as in the <head>. So now i see "promotion_is_live" in the <head> but "promotion_is_not_live" in the template ..
How is this possible?
FYI: shop.metafields.promotion.is_active outputs a boolean.
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