Compare Method (TdDate)

Compares two instances of TdDate and returns a value indicating whether is greater than, less than or equal to .

Syntax

'Declaration
 
Public Shared Function Compare( _
   ByVal left As TdDate, _
   ByVal right As TdDate _
) As Integer

'Usage
 
Dim left As TdDate
Dim right As TdDate
Dim value As Integer
 
value = TdDate.Compare(left, right)

public static int Compare( 
   TdDate left,
   TdDate right
)

public:
static int Compare( 
   TdDate left,
   TdDate right
)

The result of the comparison is returned as an integer.

Remarks

The integer returned when left is compared to right indicates the following:

Return Value	Meaning
Less than zero	left is less than right. -or- left is TdDate.Null.
Zero	left is equal to right. -or- left and right are Null.
Greater than zero	left is greater than right. -or- right is Null.

Return Value

Meaning

Less than zero

left is less than right.

-or-

Zero

left is equal to right.

-or-

left and right are Null.

Greater than zero

left is greater than right.

-or-

right is Null.

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019