# Test payload for date.now+1

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**Created:** [7 June 2021 15:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/test-payload-for-date-now-1/46820 "2021-06-07T15:16:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![monsivar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/monsivar/32/40032_2.png) [@monsivar](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/monsivar)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2021 15:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/test-payload-for-date-now-1/46820/1 "2021-06-07T15:16:50Z")

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I have an payload "payload.date" with format "2021-06-18"

How to write an function to check if the payload.date is today's date+1 day

If its true, forward message, if not, stop the message

Regards  
Mons

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2021 16:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/test-payload-for-date-now-1/46820/2 "2021-06-07T16:01:22Z")

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Where is that coming from? If that comes from, for example, a Date object, then it may be simple.  
Otherwise you could use `new Date()` to give you a date object, add a day to it, then convert that to an ISO string with the appropriate time zone and compare the date part of the string with the string you have.

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**Author:** ![E1cid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/e1cid/32/77971_2.png) [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2021 16:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/test-payload-for-date-now-1/46820/3 "2021-06-07T16:35:45Z")

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here is an example using JSONata expression an $moment(), it would be better if you feed a time in to

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**Author:** ![monsivar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/monsivar/32/40032_2.png) [@monsivar](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/monsivar)\
**Post date:** [7 June 2021 20:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/test-payload-for-date-now-1/46820/4 "2021-06-07T20:57:18Z")

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Thanks for the help 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [21 June 2021 20:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/test-payload-for-date-now-1/46820/5 "2021-06-21T20:58:11Z")

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