Compare two dates

[plarsen]

Hi

I have a bit of code that compares two dates, one date from a form and one date from New Date().

Here is the code i wrote:

var d = new Date();
var da = (d.getDate() + "-" + (d.getMonth()+1) + "-" + d.getYear());
if (document.form1.real.value < da) {
alert(&quot;The selected date is in the past!&quot;
}

The problem is as followed:

if document.form1.real.value is 19-9-2003 and
da is 2-9-2003 then the alert-line is executed. What can't be right, because 19th of September 2003 i not smaller than 2nd of September 2003! Is it?

the same proplem occurs if document.form1.real.value is between 10th and 19th.

I hope someone can help me!

Kind regards

Peter Larsen

 

[kaht]

Instead of converting the current day's date to a string, try converting the other date to a date format by using the Date.parse method as follows:

var todaysDate = new Date();
var otherDate = new Date();
otherDate.setTime(Date.parse(document.form1.real.value);

if (otherDate < todaysDate) {
alert (&quot;The selected date is in the past!&quot;
}


That should work.

-kaht

 

[plarsen]

It worked just fine.

Thanks for the help!

Kind regards

Peter