2.4.2 Number of Days Allowed into the Past
Mandatory. Default=9999999
Specify the lower limit of the date range rule.
The use of the "days into the past" and "days into the future" range limit values can be illustrated with a time line:
Current date
Lower limit (date on which the Upper limit
for valid date rule is performed) for valid date
| | |
| | |
| N |
======|======= PAST ==========O======= FUTURE =======|=======>
| W |
| | |
| | |
|<----------------------|--------------------->|
"X" days allowed | "Y" days allowed
into the past | into the future
Tips & Techniques
- If you are simply performing a date format check, leave this value as 9999999 so that there are no range limits applied.