# Skipping a node in xml

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/skipping-a-node-in-xml/191855>\
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**Created:** [June 23, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/skipping-a-node-in-xml/191855 "2006-06-23T14:23:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Samurai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Samurai](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Samurai)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/skipping-a-node-in-xml/191855/1 "2006-06-23T14:23:11Z")

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I need to know how to skip a node in xml based on the date.

I have an xml file that houses 2 swf movies:

[xml]

\<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8” standalone=“yes”?\>  
\<scenes\>  
\<first\>  
\<scene\>movie1.swf\</scene\>  
\<caption\>soccer\</caption\>  
\</first\>  
\<second\>  
\<scene\>movie2.swf\</scene\>  
\<caption\>soccer\</caption\>  
\</second\>  
\</scenes\>

[/xml]

and I want flash to skip the second movie based on what day it is.

if anyone can help me with this I’d appreciate it.