How to compare two dates with JavaScript?

Javascript Web Development Front End Technology

To compare two dates with JavaScript, create two dates object and get the recent date. You can try to run the following code to compare two dates.

Example

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <body>
      <script>
         var date1, date2;
         date1 = new Date();
         document.write(date1);
         date2 = new Date( "Dec 15, 2014 21:20:15" );
         document.write("<br>"+date2);
         if (date1 > date2) {
            document.write("<br>Date1 is the recent date.");
         } else {
            document.write("<br>Date 2 is the recent date.");
         }
      </script>
   </body>
</html>

Output

Sat Dec 15 2018 11:08:06 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
Mon Dec 15 2014 21:20:15 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
Date1 is the recent date.

Srinivas Gorla

Published on 13-Feb-2018 13:05:25

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