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  • Last Updated: October 26, 2026
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    • Corticon
    • Version 7.3
    • Documentation

SYNTAX

DateTime*

<DateTime1> > <DateTime2>

Number

<Number1> > <Number2>

String

<String1> > <String2>

DateTime*

Returns a value of true if <DateTime1> is greater than or equal to <DateTime2>. This is equivalent to <DateTime1> occurring "after" <DateTime2>

Number

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

String

Returns a value of true if <String1> is greater than <String2>. Studio uses Character precedence in Unicode and Java Collator to determine character precedence.

*includes DateTime, Date, and Time data types

USAGE RESTRICTIONS

The Operators row of the table in Vocabulary usage restrictions applies, with the following exception: greater than may also be used in Conditional Value Sets & Cells (section 5 in Sections of Rulesheet that correlate with usage restrictions).

The following Rulesheet uses greater than to test whether string1 is greater than string2, and assign today's date to dateTime1 if it is. See today for an explanation of this literal term.

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

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