moment().isBefore(Moment|String|Number|Date|Array); moment().isBefore(Moment|String|Number|Date|Array, String);


Check if a moment is before another moment. The first argument will be parsed as a moment, if not already so.

moment('2010-10-20').isBefore('2010-10-21'); // true

If you want to limit the granularity to a unit other than milliseconds, pass the units as the second parameter.

As the second parameter determines the precision, and not just a single value to check, using day will check for year, month and day.

moment('2010-10-20').isBefore('2010-12-31', 'year'); // false
moment('2010-10-20').isBefore('2011-01-01', 'year'); // true

Like moment#isAfter and moment#isSame, any of the units of time that are supported for moment#startOf are supported for moment#isBefore.

year month week isoWeek day hour minute second

If nothing is passed to moment#isBefore, it will default to the current time.

NOTE: moment().isBefore() has undefined behavior and should not be used! If the code runs fast the initial created moment would be the same as the one created in isBefore to perform the check, so the result would be false. But if the code runs slower it's possible that the moment created in isBefore is measurably after the one created in moment(), so the call would return true.