system.date.isBefore

This feature is new in Ignition version 7.8.1

Description

Compares to dates to see if date_1 is before date_2.

Syntax

system.date.isBefore (date_1, date_2 )

  • Parameters

Date date_1 - The first date.

Date date_2 - The second date.

  • Returns

Bool - True (1) if date_1 is before date_2, false (0) otherwise.

  • Scope

All

Code Examples
Code Snippet
#This will compare if the first date is before the second date, which it is not.
 
first = system.date.getDate(2018, 4, 28)
second = system.date.getDate(2018, 3, 22)
print system.date.isBefore(first, second) #Will print false.