# DateTime is Before

Grammar — dateTimeA|DateTime is before dateTimeB|DateTime
Flags — Native | Function

Returns true if the first DateTime is before the second DateTime.

# Arguments

• datetime — DateTime A
• datetime — DateTime B

Returns — bool

native bool DateTimeIsBefore(datetime dt1, datetime dt2);

# Related

Category: DateTime

• Convert DateTime To Integer — int — DateTimeToInt
• Convert Integer To DateTime — datetime — IntToDateTime
• Convert DateTime To String — string — DateTimeToString
• Convert String To DateTime — datetime — StringToDateTime
• Current DateTime — datetime — CurrentDateTimeGet
• Initial DateTime — datetime — InitialDateTimeGet
• Get DateTime Year — int — GetDateTimeYear
• Get DateTime Month — int — GetDateTimeMonth
• Get DateTime Day — int — GetDateTimeDay
• Get DateTime Hour — int — GetDateTimeHour
• Get DateTime Minute — int — GetDateTimeMinute
• Get DateTime Second — int — GetDateTimeSecond
• Get DateTime Weekday Index — int — GetDateTimeWeekday
• Synchronous Game Start Time — int — SynchronousGameStartTimeGet
• Current Synchronous Game Time — int — CurrentSynchronousGameTimeGet
• Get Current Day of Week — string<preset::Weekday> — libNtve_gf_GetCurrentDayofWeek
• DateTime is Before — bool — DateTimeIsBefore
• DateTime is After — bool — DateTimeIsAfter
• DateTime is Between — bool — libNtve_gf_DateTimeisBetween
• Get Weekday From DateTime — string<preset::Weekday> — libNtve_gf_GetWeekdayFromDateTime
• Get Month From DateTime — string<preset::Month> — libNtve_gf_GetMonthFromDateTime
• DateTime is Weekend — bool — libNtve_gf_DateTimeisWeekend
• DateTime is Morning — bool — libNtve_gf_DateTimeisMorning
• DateTime is Afternoon — bool — libNtve_gf_DateTimeisAfternoon
• DateTime is Evening — bool — libNtve_gf_DateTimeisEvening
• Format DateTime as String — string — libNtve_gf_FormatDateTimeasString
• Weekday — preset — string
• Month — preset — string

# Examples

mods/core.sc2mod — base.sc2data/TriggerLibs/NativeLib.galaxy:2381

    // Automatic Variable Declarations
    // Implementation
    if ((DateTimeIsAfter(lp_dateTime, lp_beginning) == true) && (DateTimeIsBefore(lp_dateTime, lp_end) == true)) {
        return true;
    }