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Version: Java (Groovy)

isBefore

isBefore compares two date-times and returns true if the first parameter comes before the second parameter.

Syntax

isBefore(instant1, instant2)
isBefore(dateTime1, dateTime2)

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
instant1Instant

The first date-time for the comparison.

instant2Instant

The second date-time for the comparison.

dateTime1ZonedDateTime

The first date-time for the comparison.

dateTime2dateTime2

The second date-time for the comparison.

Returns

Returns a boolean value:

  • true if the first date-time comes before the second date-time.
  • false otherwise.

Example

The following example shows how to use isBefore to compare two Instants.

d1 = parseInstant("2022-01-01T00:00:00 ET")
d2 = parseInstant("2022-01-02T00:00:00 ET")

println isBefore(d1, d2)
println isBefore(d2, d1)