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# Time Based Rules

Time Based rules allows you to trigger actions when a `Date/Time` field happens to be after/before a set number of days/hour/weeks/months.

For example, you can setup an Email Alert action before 2 days of the `Target Response Time`

* Define Condition for Time Based Rule
* Define Action for Time Based Rule