java.time.YearMonth.isBefore() Method Example

Description

The java.time.YearMonth.isBefore(YearMonth other) method checks if this year-month is before the specified year-month.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.YearMonth.isBefore(YearMonth other) method.

public boolean isBefore(YearMonth other)

Parameters

other − the other year-month to compare to, not null.

Return Value

true if this year-month is before the specified year-month.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.YearMonth.isBefore(YearMonth other) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.YearMonth;

public class YearMonthDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
 
      YearMonth date = YearMonth.of(2016,11);
      YearMonth date1 = YearMonth.of(2017,12);
      System.out.println(date1.isBefore(date));  
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

false