How to validate that a custom field containing a datetime is in the future?

[Nick Hassell]

I am using Scriptrunner to validate a custom field.  This is a Date Time Picker field.

I have tried (issue.customfield_111111 > new Date()) but this does not appear to work.

[Nick Hassell · Accepted solution]

I was eventually able to work out that the custom field simply contains a string in ISO date format.  So this needs to be converted to a Date object before a comparison can be made as follows:

(new Date(issue.customfield_111111) > new Date())