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DateTime.IsInPreviousNHours

Indicates whether this datetime occurs during the previous number of hours, as determined by the current date and time on the system. Note that this function will return false when passed a value that occurs within the current hour.

Syntax​

DateTime.IsInPreviousNHours(
    dateTime as any,
    hours as number
) as logical

Remarks​

Indicates whether the given datetime value dateTime occurs during the previous number of hours, as determined by the current date and time on the system. Note that this function will return false when passed a value that occurs within the current hour.

  • dateTime: A datetime, or datetimezone value to be evaluated.
  • hours: The number of hours.

Examples​

Example #1​

Determine if the hour before the current system time is in the previous two hours.

DateTime.IsInPreviousNHours(DateTime.FixedLocalNow() - #duration(0, 2, 0, 0), 2)

Result:

true

Category​

DateTime