# Proxy Auto-Configuration (PAC) file — Parameters

> day : Is the ordered day of the month between 1 and 31 (as an integer).

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day : Is the ordered day of the month between 1 and 31 (as an integer). month : Is one of the ordered month strings: "JAN", "FEB", "MAR", "APR", "MAY", "JUN", "JUL", "AUG", "SEP", "OCT", "NOV", "DEC". year : Is the ordered full year integer number. For example, 2016 (not 16). gmt : Is either the string "GMT", which makes time comparison occur in GMT timezone, or is left out. If left unspecified, times are taken to be in the local timezone.

If only a single value is specified (from each category: day, month, year), the function returns a true value only on days that match that specification. If both values are specified, the result is true between those times, including bounds, _but the bounds are ordered_.

&gt; [!WARNING] &gt; The order of the days, months, and years matter. Before Firefox 49, dateRange("JAN", "DEC") will always evaluate to true. Now dateRange("DEC", "JAN") will only evaluate true if the current month is December or January.

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