About Maya Versioning API

[infinity_mt_formula]

when i run this python code

from maya import cmds
print(cmds.about(api=True))

i got

20180400

is it mean that:
2018 => major version?
04 => minor version?
00 => patch version?

am i understand correctly?

[brentmc · Accepted solution]

Yes, that is correct.

It is ordered that way so you can easily compare versions numerically:

if version >= 20180100: # Require 2018.1 or greater