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9 years 11 months ago [\#255930](#255930) by [imthebige](/forum/user/45027-imthebige "View imthebige's Profile")  *[Mass Action Using Date](/forum/44-mass-actions/887605-mass-action-using-date#255930 "-- HikaShop version -- : 2.6.4 -- Joomla version -- : 3.6.4  What is the best way to create a mass action using the current date. I have a custom field that has an expiration date and I would like to purge products that are after the expiration date using the current date such as:  purge products with custom field date ")* was created by *[imthebige](/forum/user/45027-imthebige "View imthebige's Profile")*

-- HikaShop version -- : 2.6.4
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What is the best way to create a mass action using the current date. I have a custom field that has an expiration date and I would like to purge products that are after the expiration date using the current date such as:

purge products with custom field date < current date

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9 years 11 months ago [\#255932](#255932) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")  Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Mass Action Using Date](/forum/44-mass-actions/887605-mass-action-using-date#255932 "-- HikaShop version -- : 2.6.4 -- Joomla version -- : 3.6.4  What is the best way to create a mass action using the current date. I have a custom field that has an expiration date and I would like to purge products that are after the expiration date using the current date such as:  purge products with custom field date ")*

Hi,

I'm afraid I don't know a good solution for that with a mass action.
The {time} tag which can be used to do such checks for order_created/order_modified, product_created/product_modified fields only works with unix timestamp fields and the custom fields don't use that type but a custom text format.

So in that case, it's better to run a MySQL query with your own cron task on your server.
[ stackoverflow.com/questions/21196613/run...-query-as-a-cron-job](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21196613/run-a-mysql-query-as-a-cron-job)

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