Comparing Dates

[jmsrickland]

How to compare two dates and determine if MyDate is less than VB Date?

MyDate = "11/15/2012"

Vb Date = "11/14/2012"

If MyDate < Date Then
'
' Do Not Allow
'
Else
'
' Allow
'
End if

[SamOscarBrown]

Dim myDate As Date, vDate As Date
myDate = "12/15/2012"
vDate = "11/16/2012"
If myDate < vDate Then
MsgBox "Do Not Allow"
Else
MsgBox "Allow"
End If

OR


Dim myDate As Date
myDate = "11/15/2012"
If myDate < date Then
MsgBox "Do Not Allow"
Else
MsgBox "Allow"
End If

[DataMiser]

You could also use the datediff() function and check the return value

[Zvoni]

Or you can force-change your dates to long or double and then compare them like any numericals

[bazzapr]

Or you could try:

If Format("14/11/2012", "dd-mm-yy") > Format(Now, "dd-mm-yy") Then
    Debug.Print "Bigger"
Else
    Debug.Print "Smaller"
End If

Datediff:

If DateDiff("d", Now, "14/11/2012") > 0 Then
    Debug.Print "Bigger"
Else
    Debug.Print "Smaller"
End If

[DataMiser]

Note that the code to compare dates using < > must be done using Date variables.

The code shown above using format will not work correctly due to the usage of strings instead of dates.
i.e.

14/12/2012 < 15/11/2012
15/11/2012 < 31/12/2000

12/31/1900 > 1/1/2000

The only way to make it work using strings is to use the yyyy/mm/dd format