# DateCheck

A bit-wise mask number that specifies where to find the date associated with a page. The date must be in a format specified by the parameter `DateFormats`. Create the number by adding together the following values as required:

URL: 1 | The connector checks whether the URL of a page contains any of the date formats specified in the parameter `DateFormats`.
Page header: 4 | The connector checks whether the HTML <HEAD> tag of a page contains any of the date formats specified in the parameter `DateFormats`.
Page content: 8 | The connector checks whether the content of a page contains any of the date formats specified in the parameter `DateFormats`.
Case insensitive: 64 | Add `64` to the `DateCheck` value to checks for a case-insensitive match. Note that if you specify `64`, you must also specify another value to indicate which part of the page the connector should check for the `date`.
Before download: 128 | Add `128` to the `DateCheck` value to check the URL and determine whether the date for the page is in the range specified by the parameters `BeforeDate` and `AfterDate`. If the date is not in this range, the connector does not download the page.
Discard on check: 256 | If you add `256` to the `DateCheck` value, the connector checks the appropriate page parts for any of the date formats specified in the parameter `DateFormats`, and discards any page that does not contain one of the specified formats. Note that if you specify `256`, you must also define another value to specify which parts of the page the connector should check for the `DateFormats` strings.

If you enter `0`, the connector does not check for `DateFormats`.

If the connector does not find a date, it indexes the page using the date you specify in the parameter `DefaultDate` (or today's date, if `DefaultDate` is not set).

Type: | Long
Default: | 0
Required: | No
Configuration Section: | TaskName or Default
Example: | `DateCheck=393`
See Also: | AfterDate BeforeDate DateFormats DefaultDate

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