before()

Check whether this date precedes the date passed in as the parameter.

Syntax

public boolean before(DtpDate date

Parameters

date
The date to compare with this date.

Return values

Return true if this date precedes the date passed in, and false if this date follows the data passed in.

Exceptions

DtpDateException
 

Examples

try
 
   {
    DtpDate toDay = new DtpDate();
    DtpDate tomorrow = yesterday.addDays(-1);
    // isBefore should be true.
    boolean isBefore = yesterday.before(today)
    }
 catch ( DtpDateException date_e )
    {
    System.out.println(date_e.getMessage());
    }
 

See also

after()

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