How to compare two date values with jQuery

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I have two String fields which represent Dates in my page and I would like to compare these two fields to know if my first date  lt  second date  How can I do this    lt tr gt       lt td align  right  gt First Date   lt  td gt       lt td align  left  gt   lt html text name  addPublicationForm  styleId  firstDate  property  firstDate  maxlength  10   gt  lt  td gt   lt  tr gt   lt tr gt       lt td align  right  gt Second Date   lt  td gt       lt td align  left  gt   lt html text name  addPublicationForm  styleId  secondDate  property  secondDate  maxlength  10   gt  lt  td gt   lt  tr gt

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Once you are able to parse those strings into a Date object comparing them is easy  Using the  lt  operator   Parsing the dates will depend on the format  You may take a look at Datejs which might simplify this task

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var startDt document getElementById  startDateId   value  var endDt document getElementById  endDateId   value   if   new Date startDt  getTime    gt  new Date endDt  getTime           ----------------------------------

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just use the jQuery datepicker UI library and convert both your strings into date format  then you can easily compare  following link might be useful  https   stackoverflow com questions 2974496 jquery-javascript-convert-date-string-to-date  cheers

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var startDate       start date   val   replace  - g       var endDate       end date   val   replace  - g        if startDate  gt  endDate         do your stuff here

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check the solution provided here it may help  i use it in my projects   http   trentrichardson com examples timepicker    in the end of the page

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If you are also using jQuery ui  in particular datepicker  you can use   datepicker parseDate format  string  to turn your date strings into a JavaScript Date object  which you can then compare using the standard  lt  and  gt

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