Comparing dates without time

jsulman · Apr 21, 2004

How do i compare dates irrespective of time? For example if I want to see if the dates are equal I cannot do it because when I get the current date it always gives me the time with it. So if I have a date 04/21/2004 00:00:00 from a form it is not equall to 04/21/2004 04:22:05 that I get from new Date(). How do I strip the date from them and ignore the time?

Thank you in advance

Jeff

LFI · Apr 21, 2004

You can build an integer of the fashion YYYYMMDD. The greater value is the later date.

Here's an example:

Code:

<html>
<head>
<script>
var date1 = new Date("4/1/2004");
var year1 = date1.getFullYear();
var month1 = date1.getMonth();
if(month1 < 10)
  month1 = "0" + month1;
var day1 = date1.getDate();
if(day1 < 10)
  day1 = "0" + day1;
var int1 = "" + year1 + month1 + day1;

function compareDates()
{
 var date2 = new Date();
 var year2 = date2.getFullYear();
 var month2 = date2.getMonth();
 if(month2 < 10)
  month2 = "0" + month2;
 var day2 = date2.getDate();
 if(day2 < 10)
  day2 = "0" + day2;
 var int2 = "" + year2 + month2 + day2;

 if(int1 < int2)
  alert("Fixed date is before today.");
 else if(int2 < int1)
  alert("Fixed date is after today.");
 else
  alert("Fixed date is today.");
}//end compareDates()
</script>
</head>
<body>
fixed date: 
<script>
document.write((date1.getMonth()+1) + "/" + date1.getDate() + "/" + date1.getFullYear());
</script>
<br />
compare date: today.<br />
<input type='button' value='compare' onclick='compareDates()' />
</body>
</html>

Be careful to use getDate() and not getDay() for the day of the month. Also notice that if the day (or month) is less than 10, a place-holding zero is added.

'hope this helps.

--Dave

BillyRayPreachersSon · Apr 21, 2004

Something like this should work for you:

Code:

	function checkDates(d1, m1, y1, d2, m2, y2) {
		var date1Time = new Date(y1, m1, d1).getTime();
		var date2Time = new Date(y2, m2, d2).getTime();
		if (date1Time < date2Time) {
			alert('Date 1 is earlier than date 2');
		} else if (date1Time > date2Time) {
			alert('Date 1 is later than date 2');
		} else {
			alert('Date 1 and date 2 are the same');
		}
	}

Hope this helps,
Dan

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Comparing dates without time

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