Less than (<)

The less than (<) operator returns true if its left operand is less than its right operand. It accepts numeric, string, date, and Boolean operands.

number < number
string < string
Boolean < Boolean
date < date
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

Example Formulas

2 < 1 /* Output: false */

42 < 50 /* Output: true */

"a" < "b" /* Output: true */

/* Boolean values equate to 1 (true) and 0 (false). */
false < true /* Output: true */

true < true /* Output: false */

/* For dates, "less than" equates to "before". */
now() < dateAdd(now(), 1, "months") /* Output: true */
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

Good to know: When comparing dates, “greater” = “later”.

Good to know: The less than (<) operator cannot be chained in a Notion formula. A formula like 1 < 2 < 3 won’t work. Use the and operator to get around this – e.g. 1 < 2 and 2 < 3.