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Can someone suggest a way to compare the values of two dates greater than, less than, and not in the past using JavaScript? The values will be coming from text boxes.
The Date object will do what you want - construct one for each date, then compare them using the >, <, <= or >=.
The ==, !=, ===, and !== operators require you to use date.getTime() as in
var d1 = new Date();
var d2 = new Date(d1);
var same = d1.getTime() === d2.getTime();
var notSame = d1.getTime() !== d2.getTime();
to be clear just checking for equality directly with the date objects won't work
var d1 = new Date();
var d2 = new Date(d1);
console.log(d1 == d2); // prints false (wrong!)
console.log(d1 === d2); // prints false (wrong!)
console.log(d1 != d2); // prints true (wrong!)
console.log(d1 !== d2); // prints true (wrong!)
console.log(d1.getTime() === d2.getTime()); // prints true (correct)
I suggest you use drop-downs or some similar constrained form of date entry rather than text boxes, though, lest you find yourself in input validation hell.
For the curious, date.getTime() documentation:
Returns the numeric value of the specified date as the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC. (Negative values are returned for prior times.)
Compare < and > just as usual, but anything involving == or === should use a + prefix. Like so:
const x = new Date('2013-05-23');
const y = new Date('2013-05-23');
// less than, greater than is fine:
console.log('x < y', x < y); // false
console.log('x > y', x > y); // false
console.log('x <= y', x <= y); // true
console.log('x >= y', x >= y); // true
console.log('x === y', x === y); // false, oops!
// anything involving '==' or '===' should use the '+' prefix
// it will then compare the dates' millisecond values
console.log('+x === +y', +x === +y); // true
The easiest way to compare dates in javascript is to first convert it to a Date object and then compare these date-objects.
Below you find an object with three functions:
dates.compare(a,b)
Returns a number:
-1 if a < b
0 if a = b
1 if a > b
NaN if a or b is an illegal date
dates.inRange (d,start,end)
Returns a boolean or NaN:
true if d is between the start and end (inclusive)
false if d is before start or after end.
NaN if one or more of the dates are illegal.
dates.convert
Used by the other functions to convert their input to a date object. The input can be
a date-object : The input is returned as is.
an array: Interpreted as [year,month,day]. NOTE month is 0-11.
a number : Interpreted as number of milliseconds since 1 Jan 1970 (a timestamp)
a string : Several different formats is supported, like "YYYY/MM/DD", "MM/DD/YYYY", "Jan 31 2009" etc.
an object: Interpreted as an object with year, month and date attributes. NOTE month is 0-11.
.
// Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/497790
var dates = {
convert:function(d) {
// Converts the date in d to a date-object. The input can be:
// a date object: returned without modification
// an array : Interpreted as [year,month,day]. NOTE: month is 0-11.
// a number : Interpreted as number of milliseconds
// since 1 Jan 1970 (a timestamp)
// a string : Any format supported by the javascript engine, like
// "YYYY/MM/DD", "MM/DD/YYYY", "Jan 31 2009" etc.
// an object : Interpreted as an object with year, month and date
// attributes. **NOTE** month is 0-11.
return (
d.constructor === Date ? d :
d.constructor === Array ? new Date(d[0],d[1],d[2]) :
d.constructor === Number ? new Date(d) :
d.constructor === String ? new Date(d) :
typeof d === "object" ? new Date(d.year,d.month,d.date) :
NaN
);
},
compare:function(a,b) {
// Compare two dates (could be of any type supported by the convert
// function above) and returns:
// -1 : if a < b
// 0 : if a = b
// 1 : if a > b
// NaN : if a or b is an illegal date
// NOTE: The code inside isFinite does an assignment (=).
return (
isFinite(a=this.convert(a).valueOf()) &&
isFinite(b=this.convert(b).valueOf()) ?
(a>b)-(a<b) :
NaN
);
},
inRange:function(d,start,end) {
// Checks if date in d is between dates in start and end.
// Returns a boolean or NaN:
// true : if d is between start and end (inclusive)
// false : if d is before start or after end
// NaN : if one or more of the dates is illegal.
// NOTE: The code inside isFinite does an assignment (=).
return (
isFinite(d=this.convert(d).valueOf()) &&
isFinite(start=this.convert(start).valueOf()) &&
isFinite(end=this.convert(end).valueOf()) ?
start <= d && d <= end :
NaN
);
}
}
The relational operators < <= > >= can be used to compare JavaScript dates:
var d1 = new Date(2013, 0, 1);
var d2 = new Date(2013, 0, 2);
d1 < d2; // true
d1 <= d2; // true
d1 > d2; // false
d1 >= d2; // false
However, the equality operators == != === !== cannot be used to compare (the value of) dates because:
Two distinct objects are never equal for either strict or abstract comparisons.
An expression comparing Objects is only true if the operands reference the same Object.
You can compare the value of dates for equality using any of these methods:
var d1 = new Date(2013, 0, 1);
var d2 = new Date(2013, 0, 1);
/*
* note: d1 == d2 returns false as described above
*/
d1.getTime() == d2.getTime(); // true
d1.valueOf() == d2.valueOf(); // true
Number(d1) == Number(d2); // true
+d1 == +d2; // true
Both Date.getTime() and Date.valueOf() return the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00 UTC. Both Number function and unary + operator call the valueOf() methods behind the scenes.
By far the easiest method is to subtract one date from the other and compare the result.
var oDateOne = new Date();
var oDateTwo = new Date();
alert(oDateOne - oDateTwo === 0);
alert(oDateOne - oDateTwo < 0);
alert(oDateOne - oDateTwo > 0);
Comparing dates in JavaScript is quite easy... JavaScript has built-in comparison system for dates which makes it so easy to do the comparison...
Just follow these steps for comparing 2 dates value, for example you have 2 inputs which each has a Date value in String and you to compare them...
1. you have 2 string values you get from an input and you'd like to compare them, they are as below:
var date1 = '01/12/2018';
var date2 = '12/12/2018';
2. They need to be Date Object to be compared as date values, so simply convert them to date, using new Date(), I just re-assign them for simplicity of explanation, but you can do it anyway you like:
date1 = new Date(date1);
date2 = new Date(date2);
3. Now simply compare them, using the > < >= <=
date1 > date2; //false
date1 < date2; //true
date1 >= date2; //false
date1 <= date2; //true
Compare day only (ignoring time component):
Date.prototype.sameDay = function(d) {
return this.getFullYear() === d.getFullYear()
&& this.getDate() === d.getDate()
&& this.getMonth() === d.getMonth();
}
Usage:
if(date1.sameDay(date2)) {
// highlight day on calendar or something else clever
}
I no longer recommend modifying the prototype of built-in objects. Try this instead:
function isSameDay(d1, d2) {
return d1.getFullYear() === d2.getFullYear() &&
d1.getDate() === d2.getDate() &&
d1.getMonth() === d2.getMonth();
}
console.log(isSameDay(new Date('Jan 15 2021 02:39:53 GMT-0800'), new Date('Jan 15 2021 23:39:53 GMT-0800')));
console.log(isSameDay(new Date('Jan 15 2021 10:39:53 GMT-0800'), new Date('Jan 16 2021 10:39:53 GMT-0800')));
N.B. the year/month/day will be returned for your timezone; I recommend using a timezone-aware library if you want to check if two dates are on the same day in a different timezone.
e.g.
> (new Date('Jan 15 2021 01:39:53 Z')).getDate() // Jan 15 in UTC
14 // Returns "14" because I'm in GMT-08
what format?
If you construct a Javascript Date object, you can just subtract them to get a milliseconds difference (edit: or just compare them) :
js>t1 = new Date()
Thu Jan 29 2009 14:19:28 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
js>t2 = new Date()
Thu Jan 29 2009 14:19:31 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
js>t2-t1
2672
js>t3 = new Date('2009 Jan 1')
Thu Jan 01 2009 00:00:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
js>t1-t3
2470768442
js>t1>t3
true
Note - Compare Only Date Part:
When we compare two date in javascript. It takes hours, minutes and seconds also into consideration.. So If we only need to compare date only, this is the approach:
var date1= new Date("01/01/2014").setHours(0,0,0,0);
var date2= new Date("01/01/2014").setHours(0,0,0,0);
Now: if date1.valueOf()> date2.valueOf() will work like a charm.
The simple way is,
var first = '2012-11-21';
var second = '2012-11-03';
if (new Date(first) > new Date(second) {
.....
}
SHORT ANSWER
Here is a function that return {boolean} if the from dateTime > to dateTime Demo in action
var from = '08/19/2013 00:00'
var to = '08/12/2013 00:00 '
function isFromBiggerThanTo(dtmfrom, dtmto){
return new Date(dtmfrom).getTime() >= new Date(dtmto).getTime() ;
}
console.log(isFromBiggerThanTo(from, to)); //true
Explanation
jsFiddle
var date_one = '2013-07-29 01:50:00',
date_two = '2013-07-29 02:50:00';
//getTime() returns the number of milliseconds since 01.01.1970.
var timeStamp_date_one = new Date(date_one).getTime() ; //1375077000000
console.log(typeof timeStamp_date_one);//number
var timeStamp_date_two = new Date(date_two).getTime() ;//1375080600000
console.log(typeof timeStamp_date_two);//number
since you are now having both datetime in number type
you can compare them with any Comparison operations
( >, < ,= ,!= ,== ,!== ,>= AND <=)
Then
if you are familiar with C# Custom Date and Time Format String this library should do the exact same thing and help you format your date and time dtmFRM whether you are passing in date time string or unix format
Usage
var myDateTime = new dtmFRM();
alert(myDateTime.ToString(1375077000000, "MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss ampm"));
//07/29/2013 01:50:00 AM
alert(myDateTime.ToString(1375077000000,"the year is yyyy and the day is dddd"));
//this year is 2013 and the day is Monday
alert(myDateTime.ToString('1/21/2014', "this month is MMMM and the day is dd"));
//this month is january and the day is 21
DEMO
all you have to do is passing any of these format pacified in the library js file
You can use this code:
var firstValue = "2012-05-12".split('-');
var secondValue = "2014-07-12".split('-');
var firstDate=new Date();
firstDate.setFullYear(firstValue[0],(firstValue[1] - 1 ),firstValue[2]);
var secondDate=new Date();
secondDate.setFullYear(secondValue[0],(secondValue[1] - 1 ),secondValue[2]);
if (firstDate > secondDate)
{
alert("First Date is greater than Second Date");
}
else
{
alert("Second Date is greater than First Date");
}
And also check the MDN article for the Date class.
function datesEqual(a, b)
{
return (!(a>b || b>a))
}
var date = new Date(); // will give you todays date.
// following calls, will let you set new dates.
setDate()
setFullYear()
setHours()
setMilliseconds()
setMinutes()
setMonth()
setSeconds()
setTime()
var yesterday = new Date();
yesterday.setDate(...date info here);
if(date>yesterday) // will compare dates
BEWARE THE TIMEZONE
A javascript date has no notion of timezone. It's a moment in time (ticks since the epoch) with handy functions for translating to and from strings in the "local" timezone. If you want to work with dates using date objects, as everyone here is doing, you want your dates to represent UTC midnight at the start of the date in question. This is a common and necessary convention that lets you work with dates regardless of the season or timezone of their creation. So you need to be very vigilant to manage the notion of timezone, particularly when you create your midnight UTC Date object.
Most of the time, you will want your date to reflect the timezone of the user. Click if today is your birthday. Users in NZ and US click at the same time and get different dates. In that case, do this...
// create a date (utc midnight) reflecting the value of myDate and the environment's timezone offset.
new Date(Date.UTC(myDate.getFullYear(),myDate.getMonth(), myDate.getDate()));
Sometimes, international comparability trumps local accuracy. In that case, do this...
// the date in London of a moment in time. Device timezone is ignored.
new Date(Date.UTC(myDate.getUTCYear(), myDate.getyUTCMonth(), myDate.getUTCDate()));
Now you can directly compare your date objects as the other answers suggest.
Having taken care to manage timezone when you create, you also need to be sure to keep timezone out when you convert back to a string representation. So you can safely use...
toISOString()
getUTCxxx()
getTime() //returns a number with no time or timezone.
.toLocaleDateString("fr",{timezone:"UTC"}) // whatever locale you want, but ALWAYS UTC.
And totally avoid everything else, especially...
getYear(),getMonth(),getDate()
Via Moment.js
Jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/guhokemk/1/
function compare(dateTimeA, dateTimeB) {
var momentA = moment(dateTimeA,"DD/MM/YYYY");
var momentB = moment(dateTimeB,"DD/MM/YYYY");
if (momentA > momentB) return 1;
else if (momentA < momentB) return -1;
else return 0;
}
alert(compare("11/07/2015", "10/07/2015"));
The method returns 1 if dateTimeA is greater than dateTimeB
The method returns 0 if dateTimeA equals dateTimeB
The method returns -1 if dateTimeA is less than dateTimeB
Just to add yet another possibility to the many existing options, you could try:
if (date1.valueOf()==date2.valueOf()) .....
...which seems to work for me. Of course you do have to ensure that both dates are not undefined...
if ((date1?date1.valueOf():0)==(date2?date2.valueOf():0) .....
This way we can ensure that a positive comparison is made if both are undefined also, or...
if ((date1?date1.valueOf():0)==(date2?date2.valueOf():-1) .....
...if you prefer them not to be equal.
If following is your date format, you can use this code:
var first = '2012-11-21';
var second = '2012-11-03';
if(parseInt(first.replace(/-/g,""),10) > parseInt(second.replace(/-/g,""),10)){
//...
}
It will check whether 20121121 number is bigger than 20121103 or not.
Subtract two date get the difference in millisecond, if you get 0 it's the same date
function areSameDate(d1, d2){
return d1 - d2 === 0
}
Say you got the date objects A and B, get their EPOC time value, then subtract to get the difference in milliseconds.
var diff = +A - +B;
That's all.
One way to compare two dates is to use the dates.js library.
The Date.compare(Date date1, Date date2) method that returns a number which means the one of following result:
-1 = date1 is less than date2.
0 = values are equal.
1 = date1 is greater than date2.
Performance
Today 2020.02.27 I perform tests of chosen solutions on Chrome v80.0, Safari v13.0.5 and Firefox 73.0.1 on MacOs High Sierra v10.13.6
Conclusions
solutions d1==d2 (D) and d1===d2 (E) are fastest for all browsers
solution getTime (A) is faster than valueOf (B) (both are medium fast)
solutions F,L,N are slowest for all browsers
Details
In below snippet solutions used in performance tests are presented. You can perform test in you machine HERE
function A(d1,d2) {
return d1.getTime() == d2.getTime();
}
function B(d1,d2) {
return d1.valueOf() == d2.valueOf();
}
function C(d1,d2) {
return Number(d1) == Number(d2);
}
function D(d1,d2) {
return d1 == d2;
}
function E(d1,d2) {
return d1 === d2;
}
function F(d1,d2) {
return (!(d1>d2 || d2>d1));
}
function G(d1,d2) {
return d1*1 == d2*1;
}
function H(d1,d2) {
return +d1 == +d2;
}
function I(d1,d2) {
return !(+d1 - +d2);
}
function J(d1,d2) {
return !(d1 - d2);
}
function K(d1,d2) {
return d1 - d2 == 0;
}
function L(d1,d2) {
return !((d1>d2)-(d1<d2));
}
function M(d1,d2) {
return d1.getFullYear() === d2.getFullYear()
&& d1.getDate() === d2.getDate()
&& d1.getMonth() === d2.getMonth();
}
function N(d1,d2) {
return (isFinite(d1.valueOf()) && isFinite(d2.valueOf()) ? !((d1>d2)-(d1<d2)) : false );
}
// TEST
let past= new Date('2002-12-24'); // past
let now= new Date('2020-02-26'); // now
console.log('Code d1>d2 d1<d2 d1=d2')
var log = (l,f) => console.log(`${l} ${f(now,past)} ${f(past,now)} ${f(now,now)}`);
log('A',A);
log('B',B);
log('C',C);
log('D',D);
log('E',E);
log('G',G);
log('H',H);
log('I',I);
log('J',J);
log('K',K);
log('L',L);
log('M',M);
log('N',N);
p {color: red}
<p>This snippet only presents tested solutions (it not perform tests itself)</p>
Results for chrome
In order to create dates from free text in JavaScript you need to parse it into the Date object.
You could use Date.parse() which takes free text and tries to convert it into a new date but if you have control over the page I would recommend using HTML select boxes instead or a date picker such as the YUI calendar control or the jQuery UI Datepicker.
Once you have a date, as other people have pointed out, you can use simple arithmetic to subtract the dates and convert it back into a number of days by dividing the number (in seconds) by the number of seconds in a day (60*60*24 = 86400).
var date_today=new Date();
var formated_date = formatDate(date_today);//Calling formatDate Function
var input_date="2015/04/22 11:12 AM";
var currentDateTime = new Date(Date.parse(formated_date));
var inputDateTime = new Date(Date.parse(input_date));
if (inputDateTime <= currentDateTime){
//Do something...
}
function formatDate(date) {
var hours = date.getHours();
var minutes = date.getMinutes();
var ampm = hours >= 12 ? 'PM' : 'AM';
hours = hours % 12;
hours = hours ? hours : 12; // the hour '0' should be '12'
hours = hours < 10 ? '0'+hours : hours ;
minutes = minutes < 10 ? '0'+minutes : minutes;
var strTime = hours+":"+minutes+ ' ' + ampm;
return date.getFullYear()+ "/" + ((date.getMonth()+1) < 10 ? "0"+(date.getMonth()+1) :
(date.getMonth()+1) ) + "/" + (date.getDate() < 10 ? "0"+date.getDate() :
date.getDate()) + " " + strTime;
}
An Improved version of the code posted by "some"
/* Compare the current date against another date.
*
* #param b {Date} the other date
* #returns -1 : if this < b
* 0 : if this === b
* 1 : if this > b
* NaN : if a or b is an illegal date
*/
Date.prototype.compare = function(b) {
if (b.constructor !== Date) {
throw "invalid_date";
}
return (isFinite(this.valueOf()) && isFinite(b.valueOf()) ?
(this>b)-(this<b) : NaN
);
};
usage:
var a = new Date(2011, 1-1, 1);
var b = new Date(2011, 1-1, 1);
var c = new Date(2011, 1-1, 31);
var d = new Date(2011, 1-1, 31);
assertEquals( 0, a.compare(b));
assertEquals( 0, b.compare(a));
assertEquals(-1, a.compare(c));
assertEquals( 1, c.compare(a));
I usually store Dates as timestamps(Number) in databases.
When I need to compare, I simply compare among those timestamps or
convert it to Date Object and then compare with > <if necessary.
Note that == or === does not work properly unless your variables are references of the same Date Object.
Convert those Date objects to timestamp(number) first and then compare equality of them.
Date to Timestamp
var timestamp_1970 = new Date(0).getTime(); // 1970-01-01 00:00:00
var timestamp = new Date().getTime(); // Current Timestamp
Timestamp to Date
var timestamp = 0; // 1970-01-01 00:00:00
var DateObject = new Date(timestamp);
Before comparing the Dates object, try setting both of their milliseconds to zero like Date.setMilliseconds(0);.
In some cases where the Date object is dynamically created in javascript, if you keep printing the Date.getTime(), you'll see the milliseconds changing, which will prevent the equality of both dates.
Let's suppose that you deal with this 2014[:-/.]06[:-/.]06 or this 06[:-/.]06[:-/.]2014 date format, then you may compare dates this way
var a = '2014.06/07', b = '2014-06.07', c = '07-06/2014', d = '07/06.2014';
parseInt(a.replace(/[:\s\/\.-]/g, '')) == parseInt(b.replace(/[:\s\/\.-]/g, '')); // true
parseInt(c.replace(/[:\s\/\.-]/g, '')) == parseInt(d.replace(/[:\s\/\.-]/g, '')); // true
parseInt(a.replace(/[:\s\/\.-]/g, '')) < parseInt(b.replace(/[:\s\/\.-]/g, '')); // false
parseInt(c.replace(/[:\s\/\.-]/g, '')) > parseInt(d.replace(/[:\s\/\.-]/g, '')); // false
As you can see, we strip separator(s) and then compare integers.
My simple answer for this question
checkDisabled(date) {
const today = new Date()
const newDate = new Date(date._d)
if (today.getTime() > newDate.getTime()) {
return true
}
return false
}
If both of your dates come in the format "YYYY-MM-DD", you can skip the Date object and compare strings directly.
This works because of how the strings are compared in JS
let date1 = '2022-12-13';
let date2 = '2022-02-13';
console.log(`${date1} > ${date2}`, date1 > date2);
console.log(`${date1} < ${date2}`, date1 < date2);
console.log(`${date1} == ${date2}`, date1 == date2);
Can someone suggest a way to compare the values of two dates greater than, less than, and not in the past using JavaScript? The values will be coming from text boxes.
The Date object will do what you want - construct one for each date, then compare them using the >, <, <= or >=.
The ==, !=, ===, and !== operators require you to use date.getTime() as in
var d1 = new Date();
var d2 = new Date(d1);
var same = d1.getTime() === d2.getTime();
var notSame = d1.getTime() !== d2.getTime();
to be clear just checking for equality directly with the date objects won't work
var d1 = new Date();
var d2 = new Date(d1);
console.log(d1 == d2); // prints false (wrong!)
console.log(d1 === d2); // prints false (wrong!)
console.log(d1 != d2); // prints true (wrong!)
console.log(d1 !== d2); // prints true (wrong!)
console.log(d1.getTime() === d2.getTime()); // prints true (correct)
I suggest you use drop-downs or some similar constrained form of date entry rather than text boxes, though, lest you find yourself in input validation hell.
For the curious, date.getTime() documentation:
Returns the numeric value of the specified date as the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC. (Negative values are returned for prior times.)
Compare < and > just as usual, but anything involving == or === should use a + prefix. Like so:
const x = new Date('2013-05-23');
const y = new Date('2013-05-23');
// less than, greater than is fine:
console.log('x < y', x < y); // false
console.log('x > y', x > y); // false
console.log('x <= y', x <= y); // true
console.log('x >= y', x >= y); // true
console.log('x === y', x === y); // false, oops!
// anything involving '==' or '===' should use the '+' prefix
// it will then compare the dates' millisecond values
console.log('+x === +y', +x === +y); // true
The easiest way to compare dates in javascript is to first convert it to a Date object and then compare these date-objects.
Below you find an object with three functions:
dates.compare(a,b)
Returns a number:
-1 if a < b
0 if a = b
1 if a > b
NaN if a or b is an illegal date
dates.inRange (d,start,end)
Returns a boolean or NaN:
true if d is between the start and end (inclusive)
false if d is before start or after end.
NaN if one or more of the dates are illegal.
dates.convert
Used by the other functions to convert their input to a date object. The input can be
a date-object : The input is returned as is.
an array: Interpreted as [year,month,day]. NOTE month is 0-11.
a number : Interpreted as number of milliseconds since 1 Jan 1970 (a timestamp)
a string : Several different formats is supported, like "YYYY/MM/DD", "MM/DD/YYYY", "Jan 31 2009" etc.
an object: Interpreted as an object with year, month and date attributes. NOTE month is 0-11.
.
// Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/497790
var dates = {
convert:function(d) {
// Converts the date in d to a date-object. The input can be:
// a date object: returned without modification
// an array : Interpreted as [year,month,day]. NOTE: month is 0-11.
// a number : Interpreted as number of milliseconds
// since 1 Jan 1970 (a timestamp)
// a string : Any format supported by the javascript engine, like
// "YYYY/MM/DD", "MM/DD/YYYY", "Jan 31 2009" etc.
// an object : Interpreted as an object with year, month and date
// attributes. **NOTE** month is 0-11.
return (
d.constructor === Date ? d :
d.constructor === Array ? new Date(d[0],d[1],d[2]) :
d.constructor === Number ? new Date(d) :
d.constructor === String ? new Date(d) :
typeof d === "object" ? new Date(d.year,d.month,d.date) :
NaN
);
},
compare:function(a,b) {
// Compare two dates (could be of any type supported by the convert
// function above) and returns:
// -1 : if a < b
// 0 : if a = b
// 1 : if a > b
// NaN : if a or b is an illegal date
// NOTE: The code inside isFinite does an assignment (=).
return (
isFinite(a=this.convert(a).valueOf()) &&
isFinite(b=this.convert(b).valueOf()) ?
(a>b)-(a<b) :
NaN
);
},
inRange:function(d,start,end) {
// Checks if date in d is between dates in start and end.
// Returns a boolean or NaN:
// true : if d is between start and end (inclusive)
// false : if d is before start or after end
// NaN : if one or more of the dates is illegal.
// NOTE: The code inside isFinite does an assignment (=).
return (
isFinite(d=this.convert(d).valueOf()) &&
isFinite(start=this.convert(start).valueOf()) &&
isFinite(end=this.convert(end).valueOf()) ?
start <= d && d <= end :
NaN
);
}
}
The relational operators < <= > >= can be used to compare JavaScript dates:
var d1 = new Date(2013, 0, 1);
var d2 = new Date(2013, 0, 2);
d1 < d2; // true
d1 <= d2; // true
d1 > d2; // false
d1 >= d2; // false
However, the equality operators == != === !== cannot be used to compare (the value of) dates because:
Two distinct objects are never equal for either strict or abstract comparisons.
An expression comparing Objects is only true if the operands reference the same Object.
You can compare the value of dates for equality using any of these methods:
var d1 = new Date(2013, 0, 1);
var d2 = new Date(2013, 0, 1);
/*
* note: d1 == d2 returns false as described above
*/
d1.getTime() == d2.getTime(); // true
d1.valueOf() == d2.valueOf(); // true
Number(d1) == Number(d2); // true
+d1 == +d2; // true
Both Date.getTime() and Date.valueOf() return the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00 UTC. Both Number function and unary + operator call the valueOf() methods behind the scenes.
By far the easiest method is to subtract one date from the other and compare the result.
var oDateOne = new Date();
var oDateTwo = new Date();
alert(oDateOne - oDateTwo === 0);
alert(oDateOne - oDateTwo < 0);
alert(oDateOne - oDateTwo > 0);
Comparing dates in JavaScript is quite easy... JavaScript has built-in comparison system for dates which makes it so easy to do the comparison...
Just follow these steps for comparing 2 dates value, for example you have 2 inputs which each has a Date value in String and you to compare them...
1. you have 2 string values you get from an input and you'd like to compare them, they are as below:
var date1 = '01/12/2018';
var date2 = '12/12/2018';
2. They need to be Date Object to be compared as date values, so simply convert them to date, using new Date(), I just re-assign them for simplicity of explanation, but you can do it anyway you like:
date1 = new Date(date1);
date2 = new Date(date2);
3. Now simply compare them, using the > < >= <=
date1 > date2; //false
date1 < date2; //true
date1 >= date2; //false
date1 <= date2; //true
Compare day only (ignoring time component):
Date.prototype.sameDay = function(d) {
return this.getFullYear() === d.getFullYear()
&& this.getDate() === d.getDate()
&& this.getMonth() === d.getMonth();
}
Usage:
if(date1.sameDay(date2)) {
// highlight day on calendar or something else clever
}
I no longer recommend modifying the prototype of built-in objects. Try this instead:
function isSameDay(d1, d2) {
return d1.getFullYear() === d2.getFullYear() &&
d1.getDate() === d2.getDate() &&
d1.getMonth() === d2.getMonth();
}
console.log(isSameDay(new Date('Jan 15 2021 02:39:53 GMT-0800'), new Date('Jan 15 2021 23:39:53 GMT-0800')));
console.log(isSameDay(new Date('Jan 15 2021 10:39:53 GMT-0800'), new Date('Jan 16 2021 10:39:53 GMT-0800')));
N.B. the year/month/day will be returned for your timezone; I recommend using a timezone-aware library if you want to check if two dates are on the same day in a different timezone.
e.g.
> (new Date('Jan 15 2021 01:39:53 Z')).getDate() // Jan 15 in UTC
14 // Returns "14" because I'm in GMT-08
what format?
If you construct a Javascript Date object, you can just subtract them to get a milliseconds difference (edit: or just compare them) :
js>t1 = new Date()
Thu Jan 29 2009 14:19:28 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
js>t2 = new Date()
Thu Jan 29 2009 14:19:31 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
js>t2-t1
2672
js>t3 = new Date('2009 Jan 1')
Thu Jan 01 2009 00:00:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
js>t1-t3
2470768442
js>t1>t3
true
Note - Compare Only Date Part:
When we compare two date in javascript. It takes hours, minutes and seconds also into consideration.. So If we only need to compare date only, this is the approach:
var date1= new Date("01/01/2014").setHours(0,0,0,0);
var date2= new Date("01/01/2014").setHours(0,0,0,0);
Now: if date1.valueOf()> date2.valueOf() will work like a charm.
The simple way is,
var first = '2012-11-21';
var second = '2012-11-03';
if (new Date(first) > new Date(second) {
.....
}
SHORT ANSWER
Here is a function that return {boolean} if the from dateTime > to dateTime Demo in action
var from = '08/19/2013 00:00'
var to = '08/12/2013 00:00 '
function isFromBiggerThanTo(dtmfrom, dtmto){
return new Date(dtmfrom).getTime() >= new Date(dtmto).getTime() ;
}
console.log(isFromBiggerThanTo(from, to)); //true
Explanation
jsFiddle
var date_one = '2013-07-29 01:50:00',
date_two = '2013-07-29 02:50:00';
//getTime() returns the number of milliseconds since 01.01.1970.
var timeStamp_date_one = new Date(date_one).getTime() ; //1375077000000
console.log(typeof timeStamp_date_one);//number
var timeStamp_date_two = new Date(date_two).getTime() ;//1375080600000
console.log(typeof timeStamp_date_two);//number
since you are now having both datetime in number type
you can compare them with any Comparison operations
( >, < ,= ,!= ,== ,!== ,>= AND <=)
Then
if you are familiar with C# Custom Date and Time Format String this library should do the exact same thing and help you format your date and time dtmFRM whether you are passing in date time string or unix format
Usage
var myDateTime = new dtmFRM();
alert(myDateTime.ToString(1375077000000, "MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss ampm"));
//07/29/2013 01:50:00 AM
alert(myDateTime.ToString(1375077000000,"the year is yyyy and the day is dddd"));
//this year is 2013 and the day is Monday
alert(myDateTime.ToString('1/21/2014', "this month is MMMM and the day is dd"));
//this month is january and the day is 21
DEMO
all you have to do is passing any of these format pacified in the library js file
You can use this code:
var firstValue = "2012-05-12".split('-');
var secondValue = "2014-07-12".split('-');
var firstDate=new Date();
firstDate.setFullYear(firstValue[0],(firstValue[1] - 1 ),firstValue[2]);
var secondDate=new Date();
secondDate.setFullYear(secondValue[0],(secondValue[1] - 1 ),secondValue[2]);
if (firstDate > secondDate)
{
alert("First Date is greater than Second Date");
}
else
{
alert("Second Date is greater than First Date");
}
And also check the MDN article for the Date class.
function datesEqual(a, b)
{
return (!(a>b || b>a))
}
var date = new Date(); // will give you todays date.
// following calls, will let you set new dates.
setDate()
setFullYear()
setHours()
setMilliseconds()
setMinutes()
setMonth()
setSeconds()
setTime()
var yesterday = new Date();
yesterday.setDate(...date info here);
if(date>yesterday) // will compare dates
BEWARE THE TIMEZONE
A javascript date has no notion of timezone. It's a moment in time (ticks since the epoch) with handy functions for translating to and from strings in the "local" timezone. If you want to work with dates using date objects, as everyone here is doing, you want your dates to represent UTC midnight at the start of the date in question. This is a common and necessary convention that lets you work with dates regardless of the season or timezone of their creation. So you need to be very vigilant to manage the notion of timezone, particularly when you create your midnight UTC Date object.
Most of the time, you will want your date to reflect the timezone of the user. Click if today is your birthday. Users in NZ and US click at the same time and get different dates. In that case, do this...
// create a date (utc midnight) reflecting the value of myDate and the environment's timezone offset.
new Date(Date.UTC(myDate.getFullYear(),myDate.getMonth(), myDate.getDate()));
Sometimes, international comparability trumps local accuracy. In that case, do this...
// the date in London of a moment in time. Device timezone is ignored.
new Date(Date.UTC(myDate.getUTCYear(), myDate.getyUTCMonth(), myDate.getUTCDate()));
Now you can directly compare your date objects as the other answers suggest.
Having taken care to manage timezone when you create, you also need to be sure to keep timezone out when you convert back to a string representation. So you can safely use...
toISOString()
getUTCxxx()
getTime() //returns a number with no time or timezone.
.toLocaleDateString("fr",{timezone:"UTC"}) // whatever locale you want, but ALWAYS UTC.
And totally avoid everything else, especially...
getYear(),getMonth(),getDate()
Via Moment.js
Jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/guhokemk/1/
function compare(dateTimeA, dateTimeB) {
var momentA = moment(dateTimeA,"DD/MM/YYYY");
var momentB = moment(dateTimeB,"DD/MM/YYYY");
if (momentA > momentB) return 1;
else if (momentA < momentB) return -1;
else return 0;
}
alert(compare("11/07/2015", "10/07/2015"));
The method returns 1 if dateTimeA is greater than dateTimeB
The method returns 0 if dateTimeA equals dateTimeB
The method returns -1 if dateTimeA is less than dateTimeB
Just to add yet another possibility to the many existing options, you could try:
if (date1.valueOf()==date2.valueOf()) .....
...which seems to work for me. Of course you do have to ensure that both dates are not undefined...
if ((date1?date1.valueOf():0)==(date2?date2.valueOf():0) .....
This way we can ensure that a positive comparison is made if both are undefined also, or...
if ((date1?date1.valueOf():0)==(date2?date2.valueOf():-1) .....
...if you prefer them not to be equal.
If following is your date format, you can use this code:
var first = '2012-11-21';
var second = '2012-11-03';
if(parseInt(first.replace(/-/g,""),10) > parseInt(second.replace(/-/g,""),10)){
//...
}
It will check whether 20121121 number is bigger than 20121103 or not.
Subtract two date get the difference in millisecond, if you get 0 it's the same date
function areSameDate(d1, d2){
return d1 - d2 === 0
}
Say you got the date objects A and B, get their EPOC time value, then subtract to get the difference in milliseconds.
var diff = +A - +B;
That's all.
One way to compare two dates is to use the dates.js library.
The Date.compare(Date date1, Date date2) method that returns a number which means the one of following result:
-1 = date1 is less than date2.
0 = values are equal.
1 = date1 is greater than date2.
Performance
Today 2020.02.27 I perform tests of chosen solutions on Chrome v80.0, Safari v13.0.5 and Firefox 73.0.1 on MacOs High Sierra v10.13.6
Conclusions
solutions d1==d2 (D) and d1===d2 (E) are fastest for all browsers
solution getTime (A) is faster than valueOf (B) (both are medium fast)
solutions F,L,N are slowest for all browsers
Details
In below snippet solutions used in performance tests are presented. You can perform test in you machine HERE
function A(d1,d2) {
return d1.getTime() == d2.getTime();
}
function B(d1,d2) {
return d1.valueOf() == d2.valueOf();
}
function C(d1,d2) {
return Number(d1) == Number(d2);
}
function D(d1,d2) {
return d1 == d2;
}
function E(d1,d2) {
return d1 === d2;
}
function F(d1,d2) {
return (!(d1>d2 || d2>d1));
}
function G(d1,d2) {
return d1*1 == d2*1;
}
function H(d1,d2) {
return +d1 == +d2;
}
function I(d1,d2) {
return !(+d1 - +d2);
}
function J(d1,d2) {
return !(d1 - d2);
}
function K(d1,d2) {
return d1 - d2 == 0;
}
function L(d1,d2) {
return !((d1>d2)-(d1<d2));
}
function M(d1,d2) {
return d1.getFullYear() === d2.getFullYear()
&& d1.getDate() === d2.getDate()
&& d1.getMonth() === d2.getMonth();
}
function N(d1,d2) {
return (isFinite(d1.valueOf()) && isFinite(d2.valueOf()) ? !((d1>d2)-(d1<d2)) : false );
}
// TEST
let past= new Date('2002-12-24'); // past
let now= new Date('2020-02-26'); // now
console.log('Code d1>d2 d1<d2 d1=d2')
var log = (l,f) => console.log(`${l} ${f(now,past)} ${f(past,now)} ${f(now,now)}`);
log('A',A);
log('B',B);
log('C',C);
log('D',D);
log('E',E);
log('G',G);
log('H',H);
log('I',I);
log('J',J);
log('K',K);
log('L',L);
log('M',M);
log('N',N);
p {color: red}
<p>This snippet only presents tested solutions (it not perform tests itself)</p>
Results for chrome
In order to create dates from free text in JavaScript you need to parse it into the Date object.
You could use Date.parse() which takes free text and tries to convert it into a new date but if you have control over the page I would recommend using HTML select boxes instead or a date picker such as the YUI calendar control or the jQuery UI Datepicker.
Once you have a date, as other people have pointed out, you can use simple arithmetic to subtract the dates and convert it back into a number of days by dividing the number (in seconds) by the number of seconds in a day (60*60*24 = 86400).
var date_today=new Date();
var formated_date = formatDate(date_today);//Calling formatDate Function
var input_date="2015/04/22 11:12 AM";
var currentDateTime = new Date(Date.parse(formated_date));
var inputDateTime = new Date(Date.parse(input_date));
if (inputDateTime <= currentDateTime){
//Do something...
}
function formatDate(date) {
var hours = date.getHours();
var minutes = date.getMinutes();
var ampm = hours >= 12 ? 'PM' : 'AM';
hours = hours % 12;
hours = hours ? hours : 12; // the hour '0' should be '12'
hours = hours < 10 ? '0'+hours : hours ;
minutes = minutes < 10 ? '0'+minutes : minutes;
var strTime = hours+":"+minutes+ ' ' + ampm;
return date.getFullYear()+ "/" + ((date.getMonth()+1) < 10 ? "0"+(date.getMonth()+1) :
(date.getMonth()+1) ) + "/" + (date.getDate() < 10 ? "0"+date.getDate() :
date.getDate()) + " " + strTime;
}
An Improved version of the code posted by "some"
/* Compare the current date against another date.
*
* #param b {Date} the other date
* #returns -1 : if this < b
* 0 : if this === b
* 1 : if this > b
* NaN : if a or b is an illegal date
*/
Date.prototype.compare = function(b) {
if (b.constructor !== Date) {
throw "invalid_date";
}
return (isFinite(this.valueOf()) && isFinite(b.valueOf()) ?
(this>b)-(this<b) : NaN
);
};
usage:
var a = new Date(2011, 1-1, 1);
var b = new Date(2011, 1-1, 1);
var c = new Date(2011, 1-1, 31);
var d = new Date(2011, 1-1, 31);
assertEquals( 0, a.compare(b));
assertEquals( 0, b.compare(a));
assertEquals(-1, a.compare(c));
assertEquals( 1, c.compare(a));
I usually store Dates as timestamps(Number) in databases.
When I need to compare, I simply compare among those timestamps or
convert it to Date Object and then compare with > <if necessary.
Note that == or === does not work properly unless your variables are references of the same Date Object.
Convert those Date objects to timestamp(number) first and then compare equality of them.
Date to Timestamp
var timestamp_1970 = new Date(0).getTime(); // 1970-01-01 00:00:00
var timestamp = new Date().getTime(); // Current Timestamp
Timestamp to Date
var timestamp = 0; // 1970-01-01 00:00:00
var DateObject = new Date(timestamp);
Before comparing the Dates object, try setting both of their milliseconds to zero like Date.setMilliseconds(0);.
In some cases where the Date object is dynamically created in javascript, if you keep printing the Date.getTime(), you'll see the milliseconds changing, which will prevent the equality of both dates.
Let's suppose that you deal with this 2014[:-/.]06[:-/.]06 or this 06[:-/.]06[:-/.]2014 date format, then you may compare dates this way
var a = '2014.06/07', b = '2014-06.07', c = '07-06/2014', d = '07/06.2014';
parseInt(a.replace(/[:\s\/\.-]/g, '')) == parseInt(b.replace(/[:\s\/\.-]/g, '')); // true
parseInt(c.replace(/[:\s\/\.-]/g, '')) == parseInt(d.replace(/[:\s\/\.-]/g, '')); // true
parseInt(a.replace(/[:\s\/\.-]/g, '')) < parseInt(b.replace(/[:\s\/\.-]/g, '')); // false
parseInt(c.replace(/[:\s\/\.-]/g, '')) > parseInt(d.replace(/[:\s\/\.-]/g, '')); // false
As you can see, we strip separator(s) and then compare integers.
My simple answer for this question
checkDisabled(date) {
const today = new Date()
const newDate = new Date(date._d)
if (today.getTime() > newDate.getTime()) {
return true
}
return false
}
If both of your dates come in the format "YYYY-MM-DD", you can skip the Date object and compare strings directly.
This works because of how the strings are compared in JS
let date1 = '2022-12-13';
let date2 = '2022-02-13';
console.log(`${date1} > ${date2}`, date1 > date2);
console.log(`${date1} < ${date2}`, date1 < date2);
console.log(`${date1} == ${date2}`, date1 == date2);
How to obtain difference in minutes between two raw dates in javascript? i.e. to use as '2 minutes ago', '10 minutes ago', etc.
By RAW I mean this format -> 2015-02-05T03:11:33.301Z (var x = new Date())
This is what I have but I always get NaN in the return value...
function getMinutesBetweenDates(startDate, index) {
var endDate = new Date();
var diff = endDate - startDate;
return (diff / 60000);
}
Thanks for your help.
I think problem would be the way you will be calling your function.
You should call it like bellow
var startDate = new Date("2015-02-05T03:11:33.301Z");
getMinutesBetweenDates(startDate);
It will print something like bellow
11.711916666666667
Just use Math.floor before returning value to get the result as 11.
Modern browsers will correctly parse a string in the OP format (a version of ISO 8601) however older browsers like IE 8 and lower will not. It's much safer to manually parse the string:
function parseISOutc(s) {
var b = s.split(/\D/);
return new Date(Date.UTC(b[0], b[1] - 1, b[2], b[3], b[4], b[5], (b[6] || 0)));
}
Now your function can be:
function getMinutesBetweenDates(startDate) {
return ((new Date() - parseISOutc(startDate)) / 6e4 | 0) + ' minutes ago';
}
The index parameter was unused so I removed it.
Try this,
You have to convert startDate to a Date object even it's in the JSON format of Date object. The reason is, when you subtract, the valueOf method of the Date objects are called and subtracted. The return values of valueOf method are different in Date objects and JSON strings.
function getMinutesBetweenDates(startDate) {
var endDate = new Date();
var startDate = new Date(startDate);
document.write(startDate.valueOf());
var diff = endDate - startDate;
return (diff / 60000);
}
document.write(getMinutesBetweenDates("2015-02-05T03:11:33.301Z"));
how to compare date with the today's date where date is in format dd-mm-yyyy
var sdate = document.getElementById('datepicker-example2').value;
if (Date.parse(document.getElementById("datepicker-example2").value) < Date.parse(dateToday.getDate() + "/" + dateToday.getmonth() + "/" + dateToday.getYear())) {
alert("dsd");
}
Use Date.now()
var sdate = document.getElementById('datepicker-example2').value;
if (Date.parse(sdate) < Date.now()) {
alert("dsd");
}
Also I dont see why you retrieve the datepickers value second time while you have stored it in the first place. Its better to use the stored one.
date = new Date()
is today's date. Use the different methods of the javascript date objects to collect the month, day, and year from today and the date you are comparing,
http://www.comptechdoc.org/independent/web/cgi/javamanual/javadate.html
getMonth ( date ) + "-" + getDay ( date ) + "-" + getYear ( date )
That point you in the right direction.
Not super accurate but this will get you time difference in days between two dates. Invert the operands for future dates. Of course the time conversion could be better but you get the idea:
var today = new Date();
var date = new Date('10/23/12')
var diff = ~~(((today.getTime() - date.getTime()) * 2.76e-7) / 24);
var currentDate = Date.now();
if (currentDate > date2.getTime()) {
alert("The current date is after the second date!");
}
The now() method returns the milliseconds elapsed since 1 January 1970 00:00:00 UTC up until now as a number.
The getTime() returns the Milliseconds since midnight January 1, 1970
Working Demo
Parse your date :
var m = date.match (/(\d\d)-(\d\d)-(\d\d\d\d)/);
Create a new date object for that date :
if (m) {// check if date was matched
m = new Date (+m[3], +m[2] - 1, +m[1]);
And compare with todays date :
if ((new Date ()).getTime () < m.getTime ()) {
...
}
} else { // Bad date format
}
I am trying to compare two dates. I have this code which I thought would work a treat, but it didn't. For now I just want to alert with an error if the end date is less than the start date. The date style, yyyy-mm-dd, needs to be kept in this format for other events prior to this. What is wrong with this code?
startdate = "2009-11-01" ;
enddate = "2009-11-04" ;
var d1 = new Date(startdate)
var d2 = new Date(enddate)
if (d2 < d1) {
alert ("Error ! ) ;
}
document.cookie='st =' + startdate // set sytem cookie
document.cookie='en =' + enddate
window.location = self.location.href
window.opener.location.reload()
close()
Try using DateJS, an open-source JavaScript Date Library that can handle pretty much everything! The following example is working:
<script type="text/javascript" src="date.js"></script>
<script>
startdate = "2009-11-01";
enddate = "2009-11-04";
var d1 = Date.parse(startdate);
var d2 = Date.parse(enddate) ;
if (d1 < d2) {
alert ("Error!");
}
</script>
Someone finally uses ISO 8601 standard dates but then ...
You are using a nice international standard that JavaScript arguably should understand. But it doesn't.
The problem is that your dates are in ISO 8601 standard format which the built-in Date.parse() can't read.
JavaScript implements the older IETF dates from RFC 822/1123. One solution is to tweak them into the RFC-style, which you can see in RFC1123, and which look like dd month yyyy.
There is coding floating about that can scan the ISO format comprehensively, and now that you know to google for "iso standard date" you can get it. Over here I found this:
Date.prototype.setISO8601 = function (string) {
var regexp = "([0-9]{4})(-([0-9]{2})(-([0-9]{2})" +
"(T([0-9]{2}):([0-9]{2})(:([0-9]{2})(\.([0-9]+))?)?" +
"(Z|(([-+])([0-9]{2}):([0-9]{2})))?)?)?)?";
var d = string.match(new RegExp(regexp));
var offset = 0;
var date = new Date(d[1], 0, 1);
if (d[3]) { date.setMonth(d[3] - 1); }
if (d[5]) { date.setDate(d[5]); }
if (d[7]) { date.setHours(d[7]); }
if (d[8]) { date.setMinutes(d[8]); }
if (d[10]) { date.setSeconds(d[10]); }
if (d[12]) { date.setMilliseconds(Number("0." + d[12]) * 1000); }
if (d[14]) {
offset = (Number(d[16]) * 60) + Number(d[17]);
offset *= ((d[15] == '-') ? 1 : -1);
}
offset -= date.getTimezoneOffset();
time = (Number(date) + (offset * 60 * 1000));
this.setTime(Number(time));
}
js> t = new Date()
Sun Nov 01 2009 09:48:41 GMT-0800 (PST)
js> t.setISO8601("2009-11-01")
js> t
Sat Oct 31 2009 17:00:00 GMT-0700 (PDT)
The 11-01 is reinterpreted in my timezone, as long as all your dates get the same conversion then they should compare reasonably, otherwise you can add TZ info to your string or to the Date object.
The Date constructor cannot parse that format, and since you cannot change it, you should parse it manually, and pass the year, month and date parts to it, for example:
function compareDates(startDate, endDate) {
// parse a date in yyyy-mm-dd format
function parseDate(input) {
var parts = input.match(/(\d+)/g);
return new Date(parts[0], parts[1]-1, parts[2]); // months are 0-based
}
if (parseDate(endDate) < parseDate(startDate)) {
alert ("Error !");
}
}
Usage:
var startDate = "2009-11-01",
endDate = "2009-11-04";
compareDates(startDate, endDate);
var myDate=new Date();
myDate.setFullYear(2010,0,14);
var today = new Date();
if (myDate>today)
{
alert("Today is before 14th January 2010");
}
else
{
alert("Today is after 14th January 2010");
}
source: http://www.w3schools.com/jS/js_obj_date.asp
If you only need to know if one date comes before the other, you could just use the Date object's getTime() method to compare their respective numbers of milliseconds since midnight Jan 1, 1970:
if( d2.getTime() < d1.getTime() )
{
alert("eeeek!");
}
--- Don't get mixed up and try to use getMilliseconds(), though :)
w3schools documentation on getTime()
USe this function for date comparison in javascript:
function fn_DateCompare(DateA, DateB) {
var a = new Date(DateA);
var b = new Date(DateB);
var msDateA = Date.UTC(a.getFullYear(), a.getMonth()+1, a.getDate());
var msDateB = Date.UTC(b.getFullYear(), b.getMonth()+1, b.getDate());
if (parseFloat(msDateA) < parseFloat(msDateB))
return -1; // less than
else if (parseFloat(msDateA) == parseFloat(msDateB))
return 0; // equal
else if (parseFloat(msDateA) > parseFloat(msDateB))
return 1; // greater than
else
return null; // error
}
I implemented the below code for a date comparison depending on current time - -
// get the current time from a hidden input which is being set by server time
// because client may have a wrong time
var ch = jQuery('#clockHours').val(); // e.g. 9,10 etc.
ch = parseInt(ch);
// get the today's date from a server value as well
var td = jQuery('#clockDate').val(); // may be => new Date(); e.g. 2014-05-15
td = Date.parse(td);
td.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0);
// get the input date
var inpdate = jQuery('#jform_in_date').val(); // may be => new Date(); e.g. 2014-05-15
inpdate = Date.parse(inpdate);
inpdate.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0);
// get yesterday's date. this is from server as well
yd = new Date();
yd.setFullYear(td.getFullYear(), td.getMonth(), td.getDate()-1);
yd.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0);
alert('today\'s date is: '+td.toString());
alert('yesterday\'s date is: '+yd.toString());
// if it is not 10 AM then dates from yesterday are valid
if(ch <= 9) {
if(inpdate.getTime() >= yd.getTime()) {
alert('Valid: dates from yesterday are allowed');
} else {
alert('Invalid: dates before yesterday are not allowed');
}
} else {
if(inpdate.getTime() >= td.getTime()) {
alert('Valid: dates from today are allowed');
} else {
alert('Invalid: dates before today are not allowed');
}
}
I hope this will help very clearly.