[Lucian]

Firstly, this is up to the gm
If your the gm treat the daze affliction as the daze spell of you like. For combat purposes they mostly have the same effect.

But strictly speaking the description of the daze affliction does not mention the loss of memory so no, I would not treat them precisely the same say.

If daze was cast on you then no, you can do nothing until the spell is resolved at which long your mental state returns to the moment before the spell was cast.

If you knew the mage was their, than you know he's their when you snap out of it.

The spell has a fairly straight forward description

Understand that a daze spell, is a specific incantation, every mage who knows this spell performs the same rituals.

An affliction by definition is a unique attack, that can be molded in many ways that represent many things.

The affliction advantage is not a single attack,
An affliction with a daze can be a cattle prod or a basilisks stare