# op:date-less-than - XPath XQuery Reference

Returns true if and only if the starting instant of $arg1 is
            less than the starting instant of $arg2. Returns false
            otherwise.Defines the semantics
         of the "lt" operator when applied to two xs:date values. Also used in the
         definition of the "ge" operator.The starting instant of an xs:date is the xs:dateTime at time
               00:00:00 on that date.The function returns the result of the expression:op:dateTime-less-than(xs:dateTime($arg1), xs:dateTime($arg2))op:date-less-than(xs:date("2004-12-25Z"),
                  xs:date("2004-12-25-05:00"))true()op:date-less-than(xs:date("2004-12-25-12:00"),
                  xs:date("2004-12-26+12:00"))false()