isBefore() method of the MonthDay class used to check if this MonthDay is before the MonthDay passed as parameter or not. This method returns a boolean value showing the same.
Syntax:
public boolean isBefore(MonthDay other)
Parameters: This method accepts one parameter other which is the other month-day to compare to.
Return value: This method returns true if this MonthDay is before the specified MonthDay else it returns false.
Below programs illustrate the isBefore() method:
Program 1:
// Java program to demonstrate// MonthDay.isBefore() method import java.time.*; public class GFG { public static void main(String[] args) { // create a MonthDay object MonthDay month = MonthDay.parse("--10-12"); // create other MonthDay object MonthDay othermonth = MonthDay.parse("--11-12"); // apply isBefore() method boolean value = month.isBefore(othermonth); // print instance System.out.println("monthday:" + month + " is before monthday:" + othermonth + " = " + value); }} |
Output:
monthday:--10-12 is before monthday:--11-12 = true
Program 2:
// Java program to demonstrate// MonthDay.isBefore() method import java.time.*; public class GFG { public static void main(String[] args) { // create a MonthDay object MonthDay month = MonthDay.parse("--10-12"); // create other MonthDay object MonthDay othermonth = MonthDay.parse("--09-12"); // apply isBefore() method boolean value = month.isBefore(othermonth); // print instance System.out.println("monthday:" + month + " is before monthday:" + othermonth + " = " + value); }} |
Output:
monthday:--10-12 is before monthday:--09-12 = false
References: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/time/MonthDay.html#isBefore(java.time.MonthDay)
