simple question........Compare Dates 1

[Magnus53]

Hi guys,

Sorry of this has been asked before, I searched and looked in the Faq but couldn't find the answer.

I have 3 javascript date objects, dateToCheck, startDate, endDate

I need to check if dateToCheck falls between startDate and the endDate.

I have this but it doesn't seem to work:
if dateToCheck > startDate && dateToCheck < endDate {
then do something......
else
do somethign else

the if statement always fails, it doesn't give me any error that I can see, and when I view the dates it they are correct. how do I compare them?

Thanks in advance

 

[theboyhope]

Date.getTime()

is your friend in this case. It returns the date from January 1st, 1970 to the date object it is applied to, in milliseconds.

Example:

var start_date =new Date(2000, 0, 1);
var date_to_check =new Date(2001, 0, 1);
var end_date =new Date(2002, 0, 1);

if( start_date.getTime() < date_to_check.getTime() && end_date.getTime() > date_to_check.getTime() )  {

	alert( &quot;Falls between the dates.&quot; );
}

 

[Magnus53]

thanks for the help!