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clement
clement

Reputation: 4266

Better way to deal with date in javascript

I have a form where the user has to input one begin date and one end date. After that, I have to compute the result of this date to have a status on the UI:

How can I compute that easely? I have date in the form with that format: 04/21/2015.

Do you recommand me to compare date by changing format (04/21/2015 => 20150421) and compare? Or use Date of JS? or anything else?

Thanks in advance

Upvotes: 0

Views: 151

Answers (4)

jsNovice
jsNovice

Reputation: 646

function getStatusByDate(startDate, endDate) {
    var currentTime = new Date().getTime();
    var startTime = new Date(startDate).getTime();
    var endTime = new Date(endDate).getTime();
    console.log(startTime, endTime);
    if (startTime < endTime && endTime < currentTime) {
        return ('DONE');
    } else if (startTime < endTime && endTime > currentTime && startTime < currentTime) {
        return ('IN PROGRESS');
    } else if (startTime < endTime && startTime > currentTime) {
        return ('TO BE DONE');
    } else {
        return ('INVALID INPUT');
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

shyamo
shyamo

Reputation: 46

have you tried http://momentjs.com/ . Real easy to use, conversion and formatting could save you time adding further JavaScript code however it is offset by adding the library.

Upvotes: 0

stambikk
stambikk

Reputation: 1365

Get two date objects like this:

// parse a date in mm/dd/yyyy format
function parseDate(input) {
  var parts = input.split('/');
  // new Date(year, month [, day [, hours[, minutes[, seconds[, ms]]]]])
  return new Date(parts[2], parts[0]-1, parts[1]); // Note: months are 0-based
}

Then compare using usual operators < > ==

Upvotes: 1

kapantzak
kapantzak

Reputation: 11750

You can create a date object for the input date and another date object for the current date and then, simply compare them.

Check the dateObject in order to provide the correct date string format:

var inpDate = $('input').val();
var d = new Date(inpDate);
var today = new Date();

if (inpDate > today) {
   return "TO BE DONE";
} else ....

Upvotes: 0

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