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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 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>. Corticon Studio uses Character precedence in Unicode and Java Collator.

*includes DateTime, Date, or Time data types

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

The following Rulesheet uses less than to test whether string1 is less 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 two examples. Input and Output panels are shown below:

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