Show content only between certain dates

You can restrict a content item to a date window so it only plays between a start and an end date. This is ideal for sales, events, seasonal messages, and anything with an expiry.

Set a date window

You can set the window when you add the content (the fields are right in the Add content dialog), or later by opening the item for editing. Both places use the same two fields:

• Show from — the date and time the item starts showing. Leave it empty for no start limit.

• Show until — the date and time the item stops showing. Leave it empty for no end limit.

Outside that window the item simply doesn't play, even if it's in an active playlist — so you can safely pre-load future campaigns and let them appear and disappear on their own.

Set the window while adding content

The quickest way is to set the window as you add the item, instead of editing it afterwards:

1. Choose Add content and pick the type you want to add (image, video, and so on).

2. In the dialog that opens, choose the file and — if you want — type a Title.

3. Fill in Show from and/or Show until. Both take a date and a time, so a campaign can start at 08:00 and stop at 23:59.

4. Click ADD CONTENT.

Or just ask the assistant. Tell it e.g. "show this only from 1 to 24 December" and it sets the Show from / Show until window for you — and can add the item to playlists at the same time.

Leave both fields empty if the item should simply always play.

Uploading a whole batch? The drag-and-drop area above the track list has its own Date from and Date to fields (note the different labels). Set them before you drop your files and the same window is applied to every file in that upload — handy when one campaign should start and end on the same dates.

The Add content form (an image here): Title, Show from and Show until

Check that it's set

To confirm an item's window is applied:

• On the item — open it for editing and look at Availability → Show from / Show until; the dates you set are shown there.

• In a playlist — open the playlist and use View from date (the date box at the top) to preview how it plays on a chosen date and time. The item appears only inside its window, so you can check it shows up on the right day and disappears afterwards.

impressBox also lists any dates it detected in the content in the item's AI analysis — see AI helpers for content.

When you might set this

• A promotion that runs 1–31 December.

• An event banner that should vanish the day after the event.

• A notice that becomes valid from a future date.

Requires an accurate device clock

Date restrictions depend on the screen knowing the correct time. The player only shows date-limited content when its clock is synchronized over the network (NTP) — a screen with no time sync will skip date-restricted items rather than risk showing them at the wrong time. If date-limited content isn't appearing, check the screen has a working internet/time connection.

How it relates to other timing tools

This page limits which dates a single item may play. It's one of three ways to restrict a content item — alongside the interval grid and screen restriction (see Advanced playback restrictions). Those are different from scheduled publishing (when a whole playlist goes live) and display schedules (the hours a screen is on) — Scheduling overview shows how everything combines.