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TimeSpan.LessThan Operator

.NET Framework 3.5

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Indicates whether a specified TimeSpan is less than another specified TimeSpan.

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

C++

JScript

public static bool operator <(
	TimeSpan t1,
	TimeSpan t2
)

Parameters

t1: Type: System.TimeSpan
A TimeSpan.

t2: Type: System.TimeSpan
A TimeSpan.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the value of t1 is less than the value of t2; otherwise, false.

Examples

The following code example compares several TimeSpan objects to a reference TimeSpan using the LessThan operator.

C++

// Example of the TimeSpan relational operators. 
using System;

class TSRelationalOpsDemo
{
    const string dataFmt = "{0,34}    {1}" ;

    // Compare TimeSpan parameters, and display them with the results. 
    static void CompareTimeSpans( TimeSpan Left, TimeSpan Right, 
        string RightText )
    {
        Console.WriteLine( );
        Console.WriteLine( dataFmt, "Right: " + RightText, Right );
        Console.WriteLine( dataFmt, "Left == Right", Left == Right );
        Console.WriteLine( dataFmt, "Left >  Right", Left > Right );
        Console.WriteLine( dataFmt, "Left >= Right", Left >= Right );
        Console.WriteLine( dataFmt, "Left != Right", Left != Right );
        Console.WriteLine( dataFmt, "Left <  Right", Left < Right );
        Console.WriteLine( dataFmt, "Left <= Right", Left <= Right );
    }

    static void Main( )
    {
        TimeSpan Left = new TimeSpan( 2, 0, 0 );

        Console.WriteLine(
            "This example of the TimeSpan relational operators " +
            "generates \nthe following output. It creates several " +
            "different TimeSpan \nobjects and compares them with " +
            "a 2-hour TimeSpan.\n" );
        Console.WriteLine( dataFmt, 
            "Left: TimeSpan( 2, 0, 0 )", Left );

        // Create objects to compare with a 2-hour TimeSpan.
        CompareTimeSpans( Left, new TimeSpan( 0, 120, 0 ), 
            "TimeSpan( 0, 120, 0 )" );
        CompareTimeSpans( Left, new TimeSpan( 2, 0, 1 ), 
            "TimeSpan( 2, 0, 1 )" );
        CompareTimeSpans( Left, new TimeSpan( 2, 0, -1 ), 
            "TimeSpan( 2, 0, -1 )" );
        CompareTimeSpans( Left, TimeSpan.FromDays( 1.0 / 12D ), 
            "TimeSpan.FromDays( 1 / 12 )" );
    } 
} 

/*
This example of the TimeSpan relational operators generates
the following output. It creates several different TimeSpan
objects and compares them with a 2-hour TimeSpan.

         Left: TimeSpan( 2, 0, 0 )    02:00:00

      Right: TimeSpan( 0, 120, 0 )    02:00:00
                     Left == Right    True
                     Left >  Right    False
                     Left >= Right    True
                     Left != Right    False
                     Left <  Right    False
                     Left <= Right    True

        Right: TimeSpan( 2, 0, 1 )    02:00:01
                     Left == Right    False
                     Left >  Right    False
                     Left >= Right    False
                     Left != Right    True
                     Left <  Right    True
                     Left <= Right    True

       Right: TimeSpan( 2, 0, -1 )    01:59:59
                     Left == Right    False
                     Left >  Right    True
                     Left >= Right    True
                     Left != Right    True
                     Left <  Right    False
                     Left <= Right    False

Right: TimeSpan.FromDays( 1 / 12 )    02:00:00
                     Left == Right    True
                     Left >  Right    False
                     Left >= Right    True
                     Left != Right    False
                     Left <  Right    False
                     Left <= Right    True
*/

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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