# DATE\_EQUAL

### Description

`DATE_EQUAL` takes two dates and returns `true` if they refer to the same calendar date (day, month, year), ignoring any time component.

If you need to compare two values including their time component, use [`DATETIME_EQUAL`](/rule-language/operators/date-operators/datetime_equal.md).

### Example

```
e is Entity
DATE_EQUAL(e.date_of_founding, '2016-02-29')
```

This returns `true` if the entity was founded on 29 February 2016.


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