Profile rule for Date

Question

Hi,
I need to execute a profile rule.
My requirement is - a new field "Created date time" date type which should always show the date time it was initially created.
I have put in a rule as
<$ifparseDate(#active.xCreatedateTime) IS NULL$>
     <$dprDerivedValue=#active.dlndate$>
<$endif$> "
but nothing comes on teh Content Information page.
I even tried giving it a default value as dlndate but get eror that it is not able to parse teh date.
"<$parseDate(#active.dlnDate)$>"
Kindly help.
Regards
Shashwat

Answer 1

Odd. Mine works perfectly, once you fix the code syntax issues. "IS NULL" is not a valid IdocScript construct, and dIndate is not a valid field name (try "dInDate"). Don't use dInDate for this situation anyway. That's not the "creation date" -- dCreateDate is the system "creation" date.
If the target field name is "xCreatedateTime"
<$if not #active.xCreatedateTime$>
<$dprDerivedValue=#active.dCreateDate$>
<$endif$>
Verify that your custom field name is actually called "xCreatedateTime". Field names are case-sensitive.
The actual utility of this particular custom field is questionable. It makes more sense to write a customization that just shows the value for dCreateDate. Why put the same data in multiple fields?