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I want to calculate date difference in days, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds, nanoseconds. How can I do it?

Assuming you have two Date objects, you can just subtract them to get the difference in milliseconds:
var difference = date2 - date1;
From there, you can use simple arithmetic to derive the other values.

var DateDiff = {
inDays: function(d1, d2) {
var t2 = d2.getTime();
var t1 = d1.getTime();
return Math.floor((t2-t1)/(24*3600*1000));
},
inWeeks: function(d1, d2) {
var t2 = d2.getTime();
var t1 = d1.getTime();
return parseInt((t2-t1)/(24*3600*1000*7));
},
inMonths: function(d1, d2) {
var d1Y = d1.getFullYear();
var d2Y = d2.getFullYear();
var d1M = d1.getMonth();
var d2M = d2.getMonth();
return (d2M+12*d2Y)-(d1M+12*d1Y);
},
inYears: function(d1, d2) {
return d2.getFullYear()-d1.getFullYear();
}
}
var dString = "May, 20, 1984";
var d1 = new Date(dString);
var d2 = new Date();
document.write("<br />Number of <b>days</b> since "+dString+": "+DateDiff.inDays(d1, d2));
document.write("<br />Number of <b>weeks</b> since "+dString+": "+DateDiff.inWeeks(d1, d2));
document.write("<br />Number of <b>months</b> since "+dString+": "+DateDiff.inMonths(d1, d2));
document.write("<br />Number of <b>years</b> since "+dString+": "+DateDiff.inYears(d1, d2));
Code sample taken from here.

Another solution is convert difference to a new Date object and get that date's year(diff from 1970), month, day etc.
var date1 = new Date(2010, 6, 17);
var date2 = new Date(2013, 12, 18);
var diff = new Date(date2.getTime() - date1.getTime());
// diff is: Thu Jul 05 1973 04:00:00 GMT+0300 (EEST)
console.log(diff.getUTCFullYear() - 1970); // Gives difference as year
// 3
console.log(diff.getUTCMonth()); // Gives month count of difference
// 6
console.log(diff.getUTCDate() - 1); // Gives day count of difference
// 4
So difference is like "3 years and 6 months and 4 days". If you want to take difference in a human readable style, that can help you.

Expressions like "difference in days" are never as simple as they seem. If you have the following dates:
d1: 2011-10-15 23:59:00
d1: 2011-10-16 00:01:00
the difference in time is 2 minutes, should the "difference in days" be 1 or 0? Similar issues arise for any expression of the difference in months, years or whatever since years, months and days are of different lengths and different times (e.g. the day that daylight saving starts is 1 hour shorter than usual and two hours shorter than the day that it ends).
Here is a function for a difference in days that ignores the time, i.e. for the above dates it returns 1.
/*
Get the number of days between two dates - not inclusive.
"between" does not include the start date, so days
between Thursday and Friday is one, Thursday to Saturday
is two, and so on. Between Friday and the following Friday is 7.
e.g. getDaysBetweenDates( 22-Jul-2011, 29-jul-2011) => 7.
If want inclusive dates (e.g. leave from 1/1/2011 to 30/1/2011),
use date prior to start date (i.e. 31/12/2010 to 30/1/2011).
Only calculates whole days.
Assumes d0 <= d1
*/
function getDaysBetweenDates(d0, d1) {
var msPerDay = 8.64e7;
// Copy dates so don't mess them up
var x0 = new Date(d0);
var x1 = new Date(d1);
// Set to noon - avoid DST errors
x0.setHours(12,0,0);
x1.setHours(12,0,0);
// Round to remove daylight saving errors
return Math.round( (x1 - x0) / msPerDay );
}
This can be more concise:
/* Return number of days between d0 and d1.
** Returns positive if d0 < d1, otherwise negative.
**
** e.g. between 2000-02-28 and 2001-02-28 there are 366 days
** between 2015-12-28 and 2015-12-29 there is 1 day
** between 2015-12-28 23:59:59 and 2015-12-29 00:00:01 there is 1 day
** between 2015-12-28 00:00:01 and 2015-12-28 23:59:59 there are 0 days
**
** #param {Date} d0 - start date
** #param {Date} d1 - end date
** #returns {number} - whole number of days between d0 and d1
**
*/
function daysDifference(d0, d1) {
var diff = new Date(+d1).setHours(12) - new Date(+d0).setHours(12);
return Math.round(diff/8.64e7);
}
// Simple formatter
function formatDate(date){
return [date.getFullYear(),('0'+(date.getMonth()+1)).slice(-2),('0'+date.getDate()).slice(-2)].join('-');
}
// Examples
[[new Date(2000,1,28), new Date(2001,1,28)], // Leap year
[new Date(2001,1,28), new Date(2002,1,28)], // Not leap year
[new Date(2017,0,1), new Date(2017,1,1)]
].forEach(function(dates) {
document.write('From ' + formatDate(dates[0]) + ' to ' + formatDate(dates[1]) +
' is ' + daysDifference(dates[0],dates[1]) + ' days<br>');
});

<html lang="en">
<head>
<script>
function getDateDiff(time1, time2) {
var str1= time1.split('/');
var str2= time2.split('/');
// yyyy , mm , dd
var t1 = new Date(str1[2], str1[0]-1, str1[1]);
var t2 = new Date(str2[2], str2[0]-1, str2[1]);
var diffMS = t1 - t2;
console.log(diffMS + ' ms');
var diffS = diffMS / 1000;
console.log(diffS + ' ');
var diffM = diffS / 60;
console.log(diffM + ' minutes');
var diffH = diffM / 60;
console.log(diffH + ' hours');
var diffD = diffH / 24;
console.log(diffD + ' days');
alert(diffD);
}
//alert(getDateDiff('10/18/2013','10/14/2013'));
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type="button"
onclick="getDateDiff('10/18/2013','10/14/2013')"
value="clickHere()" />
</body>
</html>

use Moment.js for all your JavaScript related date-time calculation
Answer to your question is:
var a = moment([2007, 0, 29]);
var b = moment([2007, 0, 28]);
a.diff(b) // 86400000
Complete details can be found here

adding to #paresh mayani 's answer, to work like Facebook - showing how much time has passed in sec/min/hours/weeks/months/years
var DateDiff = {
inSeconds: function(d1, d2) {
var t2 = d2.getTime();
var t1 = d1.getTime();
return parseInt((t2-t1)/1000);
},
inMinutes: function(d1, d2) {
var t2 = d2.getTime();
var t1 = d1.getTime();
return parseInt((t2-t1)/60000);
},
inHours: function(d1, d2) {
var t2 = d2.getTime();
var t1 = d1.getTime();
return parseInt((t2-t1)/3600000);
},
inDays: function(d1, d2) {
var t2 = d2.getTime();
var t1 = d1.getTime();
return parseInt((t2-t1)/(24*3600*1000));
},
inWeeks: function(d1, d2) {
var t2 = d2.getTime();
var t1 = d1.getTime();
return parseInt((t2-t1)/(24*3600*1000*7));
},
inMonths: function(d1, d2) {
var d1Y = d1.getFullYear();
var d2Y = d2.getFullYear();
var d1M = d1.getMonth();
var d2M = d2.getMonth();
return (d2M+12*d2Y)-(d1M+12*d1Y);
},
inYears: function(d1, d2) {
return d2.getFullYear()-d1.getFullYear();
}
}
var dString = "May, 20, 1984"; //will also get (Y-m-d H:i:s)
var d1 = new Date(dString);
var d2 = new Date();
var timeLaps = DateDiff.inSeconds(d1, d2);
var dateOutput = "";
if (timeLaps<60)
{
dateOutput = timeLaps+" seconds";
}
else
{
timeLaps = DateDiff.inMinutes(d1, d2);
if (timeLaps<60)
{
dateOutput = timeLaps+" minutes";
}
else
{
timeLaps = DateDiff.inHours(d1, d2);
if (timeLaps<24)
{
dateOutput = timeLaps+" hours";
}
else
{
timeLaps = DateDiff.inDays(d1, d2);
if (timeLaps<7)
{
dateOutput = timeLaps+" days";
}
else
{
timeLaps = DateDiff.inWeeks(d1, d2);
if (timeLaps<4)
{
dateOutput = timeLaps+" weeks";
}
else
{
timeLaps = DateDiff.inMonths(d1, d2);
if (timeLaps<12)
{
dateOutput = timeLaps+" months";
}
else
{
timeLaps = DateDiff.inYears(d1, d2);
dateOutput = timeLaps+" years";
}
}
}
}
}
}
alert (dateOutput);

With momentjs it's simple:
moment("2016-04-08").fromNow();

function DateDiff(date1, date2) {
date1.setHours(0);
date1.setMinutes(0, 0, 0);
date2.setHours(0);
date2.setMinutes(0, 0, 0);
var datediff = Math.abs(date1.getTime() - date2.getTime()); // difference
return parseInt(datediff / (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000), 10); //Convert values days and return value
}

var d1=new Date(2011,0,1); // jan,1 2011
var d2=new Date(); // now
var diff=d2-d1,sign=diff<0?-1:1,milliseconds,seconds,minutes,hours,days;
diff/=sign; // or diff=Math.abs(diff);
diff=(diff-(milliseconds=diff%1000))/1000;
diff=(diff-(seconds=diff%60))/60;
diff=(diff-(minutes=diff%60))/60;
days=(diff-(hours=diff%24))/24;
console.info(sign===1?"Elapsed: ":"Remains: ",
days+" days, ",
hours+" hours, ",
minutes+" minutes, ",
seconds+" seconds, ",
milliseconds+" milliseconds.");

I think this should do it.
let today = new Date();
let form_date=new Date('2019-10-23')
let difference=form_date>today ? form_date-today : today-form_date
let diff_days=Math.floor(difference/(1000*3600*24))

based on javascript runtime prototype implementation you can use simple arithmetic to subtract dates as in bellow
var sep = new Date(2020, 07, 31, 23, 59, 59);
var today = new Date();
var diffD = Math.floor((sep - today) / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));
console.log('Day Diff: '+diffD);
the difference return answer as milliseconds, then you have to convert it by division:
by 1000 to convert to second
by 1000×60 convert to minute
by 1000×60×60 convert to hour
by 1000×60×60×24 convert to day

function DateDiff(b, e)
{
let
endYear = e.getFullYear(),
endMonth = e.getMonth(),
years = endYear - b.getFullYear(),
months = endMonth - b.getMonth(),
days = e.getDate() - b.getDate();
if (months < 0)
{
years--;
months += 12;
}
if (days < 0)
{
months--;
days += new Date(endYear, endMonth, 0).getDate();
}
return [years, months, days];
}
[years, months, days] = DateDiff(
new Date("October 21, 1980"),
new Date("July 11, 2017")); // 36 8 20

Sorry but flat millisecond calculation is not reliable
Thanks for all the responses, but few of the functions I tried are failing either on
1. A date near today's date
2. A date in 1970 or
3. A date in a leap year.
Approach that best worked for me and covers all scenario e.g. leap year, near date in 1970, feb 29 etc.
var someday = new Date("8/1/1985");
var today = new Date();
var years = today.getFullYear() - someday.getFullYear();
// Reset someday to the current year.
someday.setFullYear(today.getFullYear());
// Depending on when that day falls for this year, subtract 1.
if (today < someday)
{
years--;
}
document.write("Its been " + years + " full years.");

This code will return the difference between two dates in days:
const previous_date = new Date("2019-12-23");
const current_date = new Date();
const current_year = current_date.getFullYear();
const previous_date_year =
previous_date.getFullYear();
const difference_in_years = current_year -
previous_date_year;
let months = current_date.getMonth();
months = months + 1; // for making the indexing
// of months from 1
for(let i = 0; i < difference_in_years; i++){
months = months + 12;
}
let days = current_date.getDate();
days = days + (months * 30.417);
console.log(`The days between ${current_date} and
${previous_date} are : ${days} (approximately)`);

If you are using moment.js then it is pretty simple to find date difference.
var now = "04/09/2013 15:00:00";
var then = "04/09/2013 14:20:30";
moment.utc(moment(now,"DD/MM/YYYY HH:mm:ss").diff(moment(then,"DD/MM/YYYY HH:mm:ss"))).format("HH:mm:ss")

This is how you can implement difference between dates without a framework.
function getDateDiff(dateOne, dateTwo) {
if(dateOne.charAt(2)=='-' & dateTwo.charAt(2)=='-'){
dateOne = new Date(formatDate(dateOne));
dateTwo = new Date(formatDate(dateTwo));
}
else{
dateOne = new Date(dateOne);
dateTwo = new Date(dateTwo);
}
let timeDiff = Math.abs(dateOne.getTime() - dateTwo.getTime());
let diffDays = Math.ceil(timeDiff / (1000 * 3600 * 24));
let diffMonths = Math.ceil(diffDays/31);
let diffYears = Math.ceil(diffMonths/12);
let message = "Difference in Days: " + diffDays + " " +
"Difference in Months: " + diffMonths+ " " +
"Difference in Years: " + diffYears;
return message;
}
function formatDate(date) {
return date.split('-').reverse().join('-');
}
console.log(getDateDiff("23-04-2017", "23-04-2018"));

function daysInMonth (month, year) {
return new Date(year, month, 0).getDate();
}
function getduration(){
let A= document.getElementById("date1_id").value
let B= document.getElementById("date2_id").value
let C=Number(A.substring(3,5))
let D=Number(B.substring(3,5))
let dif=D-C
let arr=[];
let sum=0;
for (let i=0;i<dif+1;i++){
sum+=Number(daysInMonth(i+C,2019))
}
let sum_alter=0;
for (let i=0;i<dif;i++){
sum_alter+=Number(daysInMonth(i+C,2019))
}
let no_of_month=(Number(B.substring(3,5)) - Number(A.substring(3,5)))
let days=[];
if ((Number(B.substring(3,5)) - Number(A.substring(3,5)))>0||Number(B.substring(0,2)) - Number(A.substring(0,2))<0){
days=Number(B.substring(0,2)) - Number(A.substring(0,2)) + sum_alter
}
if ((Number(B.substring(3,5)) == Number(A.substring(3,5)))){
console.log(Number(B.substring(0,2)) - Number(A.substring(0,2)) + sum_alter)
}
time_1=[]; time_2=[]; let hour=[];
time_1=document.getElementById("time1_id").value
time_2=document.getElementById("time2_id").value
if (time_1.substring(0,2)=="12"){
time_1="00:00:00 PM"
}
if (time_1.substring(9,11)==time_2.substring(9,11)){
hour=Math.abs(Number(time_2.substring(0,2)) - Number(time_1.substring(0,2)))
}
if (time_1.substring(9,11)!=time_2.substring(9,11)){
hour=Math.abs(Number(time_2.substring(0,2)) - Number(time_1.substring(0,2)))+12
}
let min=Math.abs(Number(time_1.substring(3,5))-Number(time_2.substring(3,5)))
document.getElementById("duration_id").value=days +" days "+ hour+" hour " + min+" min "
}
<input type="text" id="date1_id" placeholder="28/05/2019">
<input type="text" id="date2_id" placeholder="29/06/2019">
<br><br>
<input type="text" id="time1_id" placeholder="08:01:00 AM">
<input type="text" id="time2_id" placeholder="00:00:00 PM">
<br><br>
<button class="text" onClick="getduration()">Submit </button>
<br><br>
<input type="text" id="duration_id" placeholder="days hour min">

var date1 = new Date("06/30/2019");
var date2 = new Date("07/30/2019");
// To calculate the time difference of two dates
var Difference_In_Time = date2.getTime() - date1.getTime();
// To calculate the no. of days between two dates
var Difference_In_Days = Difference_In_Time / (1000 * 3600 * 24);
//To display the final no. of days (result)
document.write("Total number of days between dates <br>"
+ date1 + "<br> and <br>"
+ date2 + " is: <br> "
+ Difference_In_Days);

this should work just fine if you just need to show what time left, since JavaScript uses frames for its time you'll have get your End Time - The Time RN after that we can divide it by 1000 since apparently 1000 frames = 1 seconds, after that you can use the basic math of time, but there's still a problem to this code, since the calculation is static, it can't compensate for the different day total in a year (360/365/366), the bunch of IF after the calculation is to make it null if the time is lower than 0, hope this helps even though it's not exactly what you're asking :)
var now = new Date();
var end = new Date("End Time");
var total = (end - now) ;
var totalD = Math.abs(Math.floor(total/1000));
var years = Math.floor(totalD / (365*60*60*24));
var months = Math.floor((totalD - years*365*60*60*24) / (30*60*60*24));
var days = Math.floor((totalD - years*365*60*60*24 - months*30*60*60*24)/ (60*60*24));
var hours = Math.floor((totalD - years*365*60*60*24 - months*30*60*60*24 - days*60*60*24)/ (60*60));
var minutes = Math.floor((totalD - years*365*60*60*24 - months*30*60*60*24 - days*60*60*24 - hours*60*60)/ (60));
var seconds = Math.floor(totalD - years*365*60*60*24 - months*30*60*60*24 - days*60*60*24 - hours*60*60 - minutes*60);
var Y = years < 1 ? "" : years + " Years ";
var M = months < 1 ? "" : months + " Months ";
var D = days < 1 ? "" : days + " Days ";
var H = hours < 1 ? "" : hours + " Hours ";
var I = minutes < 1 ? "" : minutes + " Minutes ";
var S = seconds < 1 ? "" : seconds + " Seconds ";
var A = years == 0 && months == 0 && days == 0 && hours == 0 && minutes == 0 && seconds == 0 ? "Sending" : " Remaining";
document.getElementById('txt').innerHTML = Y + M + D + H + I + S + A;

Ok, there are a bunch of ways you can do that.
Yes, you can use plain old JS. Just try:
let dt1 = new Date()
let dt2 = new Date()
Let's emulate passage using Date.prototype.setMinutes and make sure we are in range.
dt1.setMinutes(7)
dt2.setMinutes(42)
console.log('Elapsed seconds:',(dt2-dt1)/1000)
Alternatively you could use some library like js-joda, where you can easily do things like this (directly from docs):
var dt1 = LocalDateTime.parse("2016-02-26T23:55:42.123");
var dt2 = dt1
.plusYears(6)
.plusMonths(12)
.plusHours(2)
.plusMinutes(42)
.plusSeconds(12);
// obtain the duration between the two dates
dt1.until(dt2, ChronoUnit.YEARS); // 7
dt1.until(dt2, ChronoUnit.MONTHS); // 84
dt1.until(dt2, ChronoUnit.WEEKS); // 356
dt1.until(dt2, ChronoUnit.DAYS); // 2557
dt1.until(dt2, ChronoUnit.HOURS); // 61370
dt1.until(dt2, ChronoUnit.MINUTES); // 3682242
dt1.until(dt2, ChronoUnit.SECONDS); // 220934532
There are plenty more libraries ofc, but js-joda has an added bonus of being available also in Java, where it has been extensively tested. All those tests have been migrated to js-joda, it's also immutable.

I made a below function to get the difference between now and "2021-02-26T21:50:42.123".
The difference return answer as milliseconds, so I convert it by using this formula:
(1000 * 3600 * 24).
function getDiff(dateAcquired) {
let calDiff = Math.floor(
(new Date() - new Date(dateAcquired)) / (1000 * 3600 * 24)
);
return calDiff;
}
console.log(getDiff("2021-02-26T21:50:42.123"));

Can be useful :
const date_diff = (date1, date2) => Math.ceil(Math.abs(date1 - date2)/24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)
or
const date_diff = (date1, date2) => Math.ceil(Math.abs(date1 - date2)/86400000)
where 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 is (day * minutes * seconds * milliseconds) = 86400000 milliseconds in one day
Thank you

// the idea is to get time left for new year.
// Not considering milliseconds as of now, but that
// can be done
var newYear = '1 Jan 2023';
const secondsInAMin = 60;
const secondsInAnHour = 60 * secondsInAMin;
const secondsInADay = 24 * secondsInAnHour;
function DateDiffJs() {
var newYearDate = new Date(newYear);
var currDate = new Date();
var remainingSecondsInDateDiff = (newYearDate - currDate) / 1000;
var days = Math.floor(remainingSecondsInDateDiff / secondsInADay);
var remainingSecondsAfterDays = remainingSecondsInDateDiff - (days * secondsInADay);
var hours = Math.floor(remainingSecondsAfterDays / secondsInAnHour);
var remainingSecondsAfterhours = remainingSecondsAfterDays - (hours * secondsInAnHour);
var mins = Math.floor(remainingSecondsAfterhours / secondsInAMin);
var seconds = Math.floor(remainingSecondsAfterhours - (mins * secondsInAMin));
console.log(`days :: ${days}`)
console.log(`hours :: ${hours}`)
console.log(`mins :: ${mins}`)
console.log(`seconds :: ${seconds}`)
}
DateDiffJs();

CALCULATING TIME in javascript

I am using this formula to calculate time between 2 different fields but result is in whole numbers and I need hours/minutes
time after dateFromString is example
var date1 = dateFromString(06: 00: 00);
var date2 = dateFromString(17: 30: 00);
var hours = Math.abs(date1 - date2) / 36e5;
return hours;
function dateFromString(isoDateString) {
var parts = isoDateString.match(/\d+/g);
var isoTime = Date.UTC(parts[0], parts[1] - 1, parts[2], parts[3], parts[4], parts[5]);
var isoDate = new Date(isoTime);
return isoDate;
}

Your code has some syntax errors, but try this, it should give you the time difference in an hours:minutes format:
var startTime = '06:00:00';
var endTime = '17:30:00';
var timeStart = new Date("01/01/2007 " + startTime);
var timeEnd = new Date("01/01/2007 " + endTime);
var minutesDiff = diff_minutes(timeStart, timeEnd);
var hoursAndMinsDiff = convertMinsToHrsMins(minutesDiff);
console.log(hoursAndMinsDiff)
function diff_minutes(dt2, dt1) {
var diff = (dt2.getTime() - dt1.getTime()) / 1000;
diff /= 60;
return Math.abs(Math.round(diff));
}
function convertMinsToHrsMins(mins) {
let h = Math.floor(mins / 60);
let m = mins % 60;
h = h < 10 ? '0' + h : h;
m = m < 10 ? '0' + m : m;
return `${h}:${m}`;
}
Is that what you're looking for?

Use division to get the hours, and then get the minutes using the remainder operation.
Also, dateFromString() expects the string to have both the date and time, not just a time, and it needs to be a quoted string.
var date1 = dateFromString("2018-12-01 06:00:00");
var date2 = dateFromString("2018-11-30 17:30:00");
var diffmin = Math.floor(Math.abs(date1 - date2) / 60000);
var hours = Math.floor(diffmin/60);
var minutes = diffmin % 60;
console.log(hours, minutes);
function dateFromString(isoDateString) {
var parts = isoDateString.match(/\d+/g);
var isoTime = Date.UTC(parts[0], parts[1] - 1, parts[2], parts[3], parts[4], parts[5]);
var isoDate = new Date(isoTime);
return isoDate;
}

Dateformat in javascript

I would like to get the date difference:
var dateString='2015-04-07T10:46:25Z';
var dt = new Date(value);
var now = new Date();
var _MS_PER_DAY = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
var utc1 = Date.UTC(dt.getFullYear(), dt.getMonth(), dt.getDate());
var utc2 = Date.UTC(now.getFullYear(), now.getMonth(), now.getDate());
var days=Math.floor((utc2 - utc1) / _MS_PER_DAY);//this is 415
The result must be in this format: 415d, 03:06:33
What would be the best way to do that? I get date, but time is missing.

Try this
var datetime = new Date("2015-04-07T10:46:25Z");
var now = new Date();
if (datetime < now) {
var diffTime = now - datetime;
}else{
var diffTime = datetime - now;
}
var days = Math.floor(diffTime / 1000 / 60 / (60 * 24));
var dateDiff = new Date( diffTime );
var hour = dateDiff .getHours().toString().length == 1 ? '0' + dateDiff .getHours() : dateDiff .getHours();
var minute = dateDiff.getMinutes().toString().length == 1 ? '0' + dateDiff.getMinutes() : dateDiff.getMinutes();
var seconds = dateDiff.getSeconds().toString().length == 1 ? '0' + dateDiff.getSeconds() : dateDiff.getSeconds();
console.log(days + "d "+ hour + ":" + minute + ":" + seconds);

you need to use Modulus
var dt = new Date('2015-04-07T10:46:25Z');
var now = new Date();
var milSecondMil = 1000;
var secondMil = milSecondMil * 60;
var hourMil = secondMil * 60;
var dayMil = hourMil * 24;
var diff = now - dt;
var days = Math.floor(diff / dayMil);
var daysRemainder = diff % dayMil;
var hours = Math.floor(daysRemainder / hourMil);
var hoursRemainder = daysRemainder % hourMil;
var seconds = Math.floor(hoursRemainder / secondMil);
var secondsRemainder = hoursRemainder % secondMil;
var milSeconds = Math.floor(secondsRemainder / milSecondMil);
console.log(days + ' days - ' + hours + ' hours - ' + seconds + ' seconds - ' + milSeconds + ' mil');

I have done this way:
var dt = new Date(value);
var now = new Date();
var date1_ms = dt.getTime();
var date2_ms = now.getTime();
var diff=(date2_ms - date1_ms) / 1000;
var tm = new Date(null, null, null, null, null, Math.floor(diff % 86400)).toTimeString().split(" ")[0];
return Math.round(diff / (60 * 60 * 24)) + 'd, ' + tm;

How to find difference between two DateTime Strings in Javascript

So I have two strings in javascript:
old_date = "2010-11-10 07:30:40";
new_date = "2010-11-15 08:03:22";
I want to find the difference between these two dates, but I am totally at a loss :(
I tried to do the following:
old_date_obj = new Date(Date.parse(old_date));
new_date_obj = new Date(Date.parse(new_date));
But it is giving me error. However that is only start of my woes...I need to show the difference as:
Difference is X Days, Y hours and Z minutes
Can JavaScript/jQuery gurus help me please? Much appreciated...

<script>
function Calculate() {
old_date = "2010-11-10 07:30:40";
new_date = "2010-11-15 08:03:22";
old_date_obj = new Date(Date.parse(old_date, "dd/mm/yyyy HH:mm:ss"));
new_date_obj = new Date(Date.parse(new_date, "dd/mm/yyyy HH:mm:ss"));
var utc1 = Date.UTC(new_date_obj.getFullYear(), new_date_obj.getMonth(), new_date_obj.getDate());
var utc2 = Date.UTC(old_date_obj.getFullYear(), old_date_obj.getMonth(), old_date_obj.getDate());
alert(Math.floor((utc2 - utc1) / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24)));
}
</script>

simply add in you date and it will work for you.
"2010-11-10T07:30:40+01:00"
for more detail check this answer
Answer in detail

<script type="text/javascript">
// The number of milliseconds in one day, hour, and minute
var ONE_DAY = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
var ONE_HOUR = 1000 * 60 * 60;
var ONE_MINUTE = 1000 * 60;
var old_date = "2010-11-10T07:30:40";
var new_date = "2010-11-15T08:03:22";
// Convert both dates to milliseconds
var old_date_obj = new Date(old_date).getTime();
var new_date_obj = new Date(new_date).getTime();
// Calculate the difference in milliseconds
var difference_ms = Math.abs(new_date_obj - old_date_obj)
// Convert back to days, hours, and minutes
var days = Math.round(difference_ms / ONE_DAY);
var hours = Math.round(difference_ms / ONE_HOUR) - (days * 24) - 1;
var minutes = Math.round(difference_ms / ONE_MINUTE) - (days * 24 * 60) - (hours * 60);
alert('Difference is ' + days + ' days, ' + hours + ' hours and ' + minutes + ' minutes.' );
</script>

<script type="text/javascript">
function getDates(strDate1, strDate2) {
/*Now strDate1 and strDate2 string. So we should convert them to javascript datetime value.*/
var tempDate1 = strDate1.split(/\-|\s/)
var date1 = new Date(tempDate1.slice(0,3).reverse().join('/')+' '+tempDate1[3]);
var tempDate2 = strDate2.split(/\-|\s/)
var date2 = new Date(tempDate2.slice(0,3).reverse().join('/')+' '+tempDate2[3]);
var obj1 = $.datepicker.parseDate('dd.mm.yy', $("#date1").val());
var obj2 = $.datepicker.parseDate('dd.mm.yy', $("#date2").val());
console.log(findDifferentDate(obj1, obj2));
}
function findDifferentDate(obj1, obj2){
var date1 = getFormattedDate(obj1);
var date2 = getFormattedDate(obj2);
var year = date1.getFullYear() - date2.getFullYear();
var day = date1.getDate() - date2.getDate();
var month = date1.getMonth() - date2.getMonth();
var seconds = date1.getSeconds() - date2.getSeconds();
var minutes = date1.getMinutes() - date2.getMinutes();
var hour = date1.getHours() - date2.getHours();
return 'Difference is' + day + 'Days' + month + 'Months' + year + 'Years' + seconds + 'Seconds' + minutes + 'Minutes' + hour + 'Hours';
}
function getFormattedDate(date) {
var year = date.getFullYear();
var month = (1 + date.getMonth()).toString();
month = month.length > 1 ? month : '0' + month;
var day = date.getDate().toString();
day = day.length > 1 ? day : '0' + day;
return day + '.' + month + '.' + year;
}
</script>
If you call getDates method with your dates and then u can see difference time in the console.

var old_date = "2010-11-15 07:30:40";
var new_date = "2010-11-15 08:03:22";
var old_date_obj = new Date(Date.parse(old_date));
var new_date_obj = new Date(Date.parse(new_date));
var diffMs = Math.abs(new_date_obj - old_date_obj);
var diffDays = Math.round(diffMs / 86400000); // days
var diffHrs = Math.round((diffMs % 86400000) / 3600000); // hours
var diffMins = Math.round(((diffMs % 86400000) % 3600000) / 60000); // minutes
https://jsfiddle.net/yps2wb58/1/

calculate time difference between two date in HH:MM:SS javascript

I have created one timer application in javascript.
Firstly it takes the current UTC date to init timer with some reference. here's the code
on_timer: function(e) {
var self = this;
if ($(e.target).hasClass("pt_timer_start")) {
var current_date = this.get_current_UTCDate();
this.project_timesheet_db.set_current_timer_activity({date: current_date});
this.start_interval();
this.initialize_timer();
this.$el.find(".pt_timer_start,.pt_timer_stop").toggleClass("o_hidden");
Now, Once timer is started and after some time span timer has some elapsed time with reference to above on_timer: function(e) function.
This function is
start_interval: function() {
var timer_activity = this.project_timesheet_db.get_current_timer_activity();
var self = this;
this.intervalTimer = setInterval(function(){
self.$el.find(".pt_duration").each(function() {
var el_hour = $(this).find("span.hours");
var el_minute = $(this).find("span.minutes");
var minute = parseInt(el_minute.text());
if(minute >= 60) {
el_hour.text(_.str.sprintf("%02d", parseInt(el_hour.text()) + 1));
minute = 0;
}
el_minute.text(_.str.sprintf("%02d", minute));
var el_second = $(this).find("span.seconds");
var seconds = parseInt(el_second.text()) + 1;
if(seconds > 60) {
el_minute.text(_.str.sprintf("%02d", parseInt(el_minute.text()) + 1));
seconds = 0;
}
el_second.text(_.str.sprintf("%02d", seconds));
});
}, 1000);
},
Now, considering el_hour, el_minute, el_seconds How to can i count time difference between init time and current timer value in HH:MM:SS manner.
thanks in advance for help

To convert H:M:S to seconds, you can use a simple function like:
// Convert H:M:S to seconds
// Seconds are optional (i.e. n:n is treated as h:s)
function hmsToSeconds(s) {
var b = s.split(':');
return b[0]*3600 + b[1]*60 + (+b[2] || 0);
}
Then to convert seconds back to HMS:
// Convert seconds to hh:mm:ss
// Allow for -ve time values
function secondsToHMS(secs) {
function z(n){return (n<10?'0':'') + n;}
var sign = secs < 0? '-':'';
secs = Math.abs(secs);
return sign + z(secs/3600 |0) + ':' + z((secs%3600) / 60 |0) + ':' + z(secs%60);
}
var a = '01:43:28';
var b = '12:22:46';
console.log(secondsToHMS(hmsToSeconds(a) - hmsToSeconds(b))); // -10:39:18
console.log(secondsToHMS(hmsToSeconds(b) - hmsToSeconds(a))); // 10:39:18
You may want to abbreviate the function names to say:
toHMS(toSec(a) - toSec(b)); // -10:39:18
Note that this doesn't cover where the time may cross a daylight saving boundary. For that you need fully qualified dates that include the year, month and day. Use the values to create date objects, find the difference, convert to seconds and use the secondsToHMS function.
Edit
The question title mentions dates, however the content only seems to mention strings of hours, minutes and seconds.
If you have Date objects, you can get the difference between them in milliseconds using:
var diffMilliseconds = date0 - date1;
and convert to seconds:
var diffSeconds = diffMilliseconds / 1000;
and present as HH:MM:SS using the secondsToHMS function above:
secondsToHMS((date0 - date1) / 1000);
e.g.
var d0 = new Date(2014,10,10,1,43,28);
var d1 = new Date(2014,10,10,12,22,46);
console.log( secondsToHMS((d0 - d1) / 1000)); // -10:39:18

I think there is a simpler solution.
function dateDiffToString(a, b){
// make checks to make sure a and b are not null
// and that they are date | integers types
diff = Math.abs(a - b);
ms = diff % 1000;
diff = (diff - ms) / 1000
ss = diff % 60;
diff = (diff - ss) / 60
mm = diff % 60;
diff = (diff - mm) / 60
hh = diff % 24;
days = (diff - hh) / 24
return days + ":" + hh+":"+mm+":"+ss+"."+ms;
}
var today = new Date()
var yest = new Date()
yest = yest.setDate(today.getDate()-1)
console.log(dateDiffToString(yest, today))

const dateDiffToString = (a, b) => {
let diff = Math.abs(a - b);
let ms = diff % 1000;
diff = (diff - ms) / 1000;
let s = diff % 60;
diff = (diff - s) / 60;
let m = diff % 60;
diff = (diff - m) / 60;
let h = diff;
let ss = s <= 9 && s >= 0 ? `0${s}` : s;
let mm = m <= 9 && m >= 0 ? `0${m}` : m;
let hh = h <= 9 && h >= 0 ? `0${h}` : h;
return hh + ':' + mm + ':' + ss;
};

This may be the simple answer
var d1 = new Date(2014,10,11,1,43,28);
var d2 = new Date(2014,10,11,2,53,58);
var date = new Date(d2-d1);
var hour = date.getUTCHours();
var min = date.getUTCMinutes();
var sec = date.getUTCSeconds();
var day = date.getUTCDate() - 1;
console.log(day + ":" + hour + ":" + min + ":" + sec)

More intuitive and easier to read.
function hmsToSeconds(t) {
const [hours, minutes, seconds] = t.split(':')
return Number(hours) * 60 * 60 + Number(minutes) * 60 + Number(seconds)
}
function secondsToHMS(secs) {
return new Date(secs * 1000).toISOString().substr(11, 8)
}
var startTime = '01:43:28';
var endTime = '12:22:46';
console.log(secondsToHMS(hmsToSeconds(endTime) - hmsToSeconds(startTime))); //10:39:18