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: