The isBefore() method of Year class in Java is used to check if this current Year object is before the Year specified as parameter to this method.
Syntax:
public boolean isBefore(Year otherYear)
Parameter: It accepts a single parameter otherYear with which the current Year object is to be compared.
Return Value: It returns a boolean True value if this Year object’s value is before the value of Year object specified as a parameter to the method, otherwise it returns False.
Below programs illustrate the isBefore() method of Year 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
Year firstYear = Year.of( 2018 );
// Create second Year object
Year secondYear = Year.of( 1997 );
// Check if this year object's value is
// before the specified Year or not
System.out.println(firstYear.isBefore(secondYear));
}
} |
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
Year firstYear = Year.of( 1997 );
// Create second Year object
Year secondYear = Year.of( 2018 );
// Check if this year object's value is
// before the specified Year or not
System.out.println(firstYear.isBefore(secondYear));
}
} |
true
Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/Year.html#isBefore-java.time.Year-