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  • Last Updated: October 26, 2026
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    • Corticon.js
    • Version 2.4
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SYNTAX

DateTime*

<DateTime1> < <DateTime2>

Number

<Number1> < <Number2>

String

<String1> < <String2>

DateTime*

Returns a value of true if <DateTime1> is less than <DateTime2>. This is equivalent to <DateTime1> occurring "before" <DateTime2>

Number

Returns a value of true if <Number1> is less than <Number2>. Different numeric data types may be compared in the same expression.

String

Returns a value of true if <String1> is less than <String2>.

* includes DateTime and Date data types

The Operators row of the table in Summary Table of Vocabulary Usage Restrictionless than may also be used in Conditional Value Sets & Cells (section 5 in applies, with the following exception: Sections of Rulesheet: Numbers Correlate with Table Above).

The following Rulesheet uses less than to test whether string1 is less than string2.

A sample Ruletest provides two examples. Input and Output panels are shown below:

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