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# Date range
Only make a lock active between a fixed start and end date — useful for time-limited promotions and events.
**Date range** matches visitors while the current date falls between a fixed start date and end date you set. Outside that window, the rule doesn't match. It's a good fit for anything tied to a calendar date rather than a recurring pattern — an early-access window ahead of a launch, a holiday promotion, or a members-only sale that should stop working automatically once it ends.
Like most access rules (aside from the action-based ones such as Passcode, Secret link, Subscribe, and Confirmation prompt), Date range can be set to match **If** the current date is inside the range, or **Unless** it is — inverting it to match everything outside the range instead. Each rule can also have its own **Redirect URL** that only applies when this specific rule fails. See [Combining rules](/b2b-lock-password-protect/access-rules/combining-rules.md) and [Redirect after access](/b2b-lock-password-protect/lock-behavior/redirect-after-access.md).
## Add the rule
1. Open **Locks** and create a new lock, or open an existing one to edit it.
2. Choose the content you want to protect. See [Access rules overview](/b2b-lock-password-protect/access-rules/overview.md) for how rules fit into a lock.
3. Click the **Unlock rules** tab, then in the **Condition type** dropdown, select **Date range**.
Select Date range from the Condition type dropdown on the Unlock rules tab.
4. Set a **start date** and an **end date** for when this rule should match.
Set the start and end date the lock's date range condition is active between.
5. Choose **If** or **Unless** depending on whether you want the lock active during the range or outside it.
6. Click **Save**.
{% hint style="info" %}
Combine Date range with another rule in the same access key if you want the time window to only apply to certain visitors — for example, "Date range AND Customer tags" to run an early-access promo only for tagged VIP customers during the promo window.
{% endhint %}
## Related docs
* [Access rules overview](/b2b-lock-password-protect/access-rules/overview.md)
* [Combining rules](/b2b-lock-password-protect/access-rules/combining-rules.md)
* [Weekly schedule](/b2b-lock-password-protect/access-rules/weekly-schedule.md)
* [Location](/b2b-lock-password-protect/access-rules/location.md)
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