Workflow depedent on custom date field runs, despite the value is false

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Matyas Takacs
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Hi!

This week, some of our workflows started to behave oddly. 

 

The workflows are on-schedule, runs on every 06:00 AM, and it checks a date field. If the date on this field is older than today, the workflow send a notification message.

The workflows were working as expected until last week.

 

First example: 

#MEK issue, “Lejárat” date is Jun 7, 2026:

the workflow guard:

It should return false. When i use console.log, it shows false. Somehow the workflow still executed (as seen on the picture, 5 days ago).

 

Second exapmle: 

#ARIBA issue, "Blacklist_ddl" date is Sept 15, 2025:

the workflow guard:

It should return false. When i use console.log, it shows false. Somehow the workflow still executed (as seen on the picture, 3 days ago).

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Stanislav Dubin
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Hi Matyas. First of all, I'd recommend upgrading to the current latest version 2024.3.52635.

If upgrading doesn't help, may I ask you to submit a ticket about this one? We might need to gather additional details about your workflow and other information about the setup.

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Stanislav Dubin
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It looks like this issue can occur when comparing numbers in workflows: JT-86533. 

A possible workaround is to use a function that will return true if the subtraction result is equal to or lower than zero:

    const due = ctx.issue.fields.DueDate;
    const now = Date.now();
    const dueSmallerThanOrEqualToNow = (due, now) => {
      if ((due - now) <= 0) return true;
      if ((due - now) > 0) return false;
    };
    return dueSmallerThanOrEqualToNow(due, now) && <other conditions>
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