# Automation triggered when the end or start date of a date field is reached

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/automation-triggered-when-the-end-or-start-date-of-a-date-field-is-reached/4064>\
**Category:** Ideas & Features\
**Tags:** automations\
**Created:** [February 26, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/automation-triggered-when-the-end-or-start-date-of-a-date-field-is-reached/4064 "2023-02-26T15:22:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![A\_Sleman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/a_sleman/32/6279_2.png) [@A\_Sleman](https://community.fibery.io/u/A_Sleman)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/automation-triggered-when-the-end-or-start-date-of-a-date-field-is-reached/4064/1 "2023-02-26T15:22:54Z")

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Hi !  
i have been lately trying to achieve a notification system that when an entity has reached a start or an end date of a date field a notification will be sent, however after multiple attempts i realized that this is not possible.  
So i came up with a solution which includes adding a new automation “when” option of date fields that allows to select the end or the start date as the trigger action, meaning that when the date is the same as the current date (now) the action is activated.  
I’m not a web developer so i don’t know the technicality behind the creation of this feature, but i assume this shouldn’t be very hard to create.

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**Author:** ![Polina\_Zenevich](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/polina_zenevich/32/480_2.png) [@Polina\_Zenevich](https://community.fibery.io/u/Polina_Zenevich)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/automation-triggered-when-the-end-or-start-date-of-a-date-field-is-reached/4064/2 "2023-02-26T19:52:24Z")

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Hi!  
Hm, in fact, the case you shared has to be covered  
For example, you can run the On schedule rule.  
That checks every day (with filter), whether the End day is Today  
And if this happens, it sends a notification. Have you tried that approach already?

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**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/automation-triggered-when-the-end-or-start-date-of-a-date-field-is-reached/4064/3 "2023-02-26T20:26:15Z")

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Based on the[previous discussion](https://community.fibery.io/t/overdue-task-formula/4048), I’m assuming that @A_Sleman means triggering with a resolution down to minutes or seconds.

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**Author:** ![A\_Sleman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/a_sleman/32/6279_2.png) [@A\_Sleman](https://community.fibery.io/u/A_Sleman)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/automation-triggered-when-the-end-or-start-date-of-a-date-field-is-reached/4064/4 "2023-02-27T13:48:37Z")

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Yes that is correct, however the functionality I’m suggesting doesn’t have to repeat on a schedule