The isBefore() method of Year class in Java is used to check if this current YearMonth object is before the YearMonth specified as parameter to this method.
Syntax:
public boolean isBefore(Year otherYearMonth)
Parameter: It accepts a single parameter otherYearMonth with which the current YearMonth object is to be compared.
Return Value: It returns a boolean True value if this YearMonth object’s value is before the value of YearMonth object specified as a parameter to the method, otherwise it returns False.
Below programs illustrate the YearMonth.isBefore() method in Java:
Program 1:
// Program to illustrate the isBefore() method  import java.util.*;import java.time.*;  public class GfG {    public static void main(String[] args)    {        // Create first Year object        YearMonth yearMonth1            = YearMonth.of(2018, 3);          // Create second Year object        YearMonth yearMonth2            = YearMonth.of(1997, 4);          // Check if this year-month object's value is        // before the specified Year-month or not        System.out.println(yearMonth1                               .isBefore(yearMonth2));    }} |
Output:
false
Program 2:
// Program to illustrate the isBefore() method  import java.util.*;import java.time.*;  public class GfG {    public static void main(String[] args)    {        // Create first Year object        YearMonth yearMonth1            = YearMonth.of(1997, 3);          // Create second Year object        YearMonth yearMonth2            = YearMonth.of(2018, 4);          // Check if this year-month object's value is        // before the specified Year-month or not        System.out.println(yearMonth1                               .isBefore(yearMonth2));    }} |
Output:
true
Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/YearMonth.html#isBefore-java.time.YearMonth-
