[javascript] Moment js date time comparison

I'm using moment.js to format my date time, here I have two date values, and I want to achieve a particular function when one date is greater than the other. I read most of their docs, but didn't find the function to achieve this. I know it will be there.

This is my code:

var date_time = 2013-03-24 + 'T' + 10:15:20:12 + 'Z'
var d = moment(date_time).tz('UTC'); // first date 

var now = new Date(),
    dnow = moment(now).tz('UTC'),
    snow = dnow.minute() % 15,
    diffnow = 15 - snow,
    tonow = moment(dnow).add('minute', diffnow),
    ahead30now = moment(tonow).add('minute', 30);

if (d > ahead30now) {
    // allow input time
    console.log('UTC TIME DB', d.format());
} else {

}

Edit

var date_time = req.body.date + 'T' + req.body.time + req.body.timezone; // 2014-03-24T01:15:000
var utc_input_time = moment(date_time).utc(); // 2014-03-24T01:15:000
console.log('utc converted date_time', moment(date_time).utc().format("YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:SSS"));
var isafter = moment(utc_input_time).isAfter(moment('2014-03-24T01:14:000')); // true
if(isafter === true){
    console.log('is after true');
} else {
    console.log('is after is false');
}

Here, I am comparing two dates i.e. 2014-03-24T01:15:000 > 2014-03-24T01:14:000, expecting that the first one is greater than the second one, but it always goes to the else condition. I don't know why?

var startDate = moment(startDateVal, "DD.MM.YYYY");//Date format
var endDate = moment(endDateVal, "DD.MM.YYYY");

var isAfter = moment(startDate).isAfter(endDate);

if (isAfter) {
    window.showErrorMessage("Error Message");
    $(elements.endDate).focus();
    return false;
}

It is important that your datetime is in the correct ISO format when using any of the momentjs queries: isBefore, isAfter, isSameOrBefore, isSameOrAfter, isBetween

So instead of 2014-03-24T01:14:000, your datetime should be either:

2014-03-24T01:14:00 or 2014-03-24T01:14:00.000Z

otherwise you may receive the following deprecation warning and the condition will evaluate to false:

Deprecation warning: value provided is not in a recognized RFC2822 or ISO format. moment construction falls back to js Date(), which is not reliable across all browsers and versions. Non RFC2822/ISO date formats are discouraged and will be removed in an upcoming major release. Please refer to http://momentjs.com/guides/#/warnings/js-date/ for more info.

// https://momentjs.com/docs/#/query/_x000D_
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const dateIsAfter = moment('2014-03-24T01:15:00.000Z').isAfter(moment('2014-03-24T01:14:00.000Z'));_x000D_
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const dateIsSame = moment('2014-03-24T01:15:00.000Z').isSame(moment('2014-03-24T01:14:00.000Z'));_x000D_
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const dateIsBefore = moment('2014-03-24T01:15:00.000Z').isBefore(moment('2014-03-24T01:14:00.000Z'));_x000D_
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console.log(`Date is After: ${dateIsAfter}`);_x000D_
console.log(`Date is Same: ${dateIsSame}`);_x000D_
console.log(`Date is Before: ${dateIsBefore}`);

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pass date to moment like this it will compare and give result. if you dont want format remove it

moment(Date1).format("YYYY-MM-DD") > moment(Date2).format("YYYY-MM-DD")

Jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/guhokemk/1/

 function compare(dateTimeA, dateTimeB) {
    var momentA = moment(dateTimeA,"DD/MM/YYYY");
    var momentB = moment(dateTimeB,"DD/MM/YYYY");
    if (momentA > momentB) return 1;
    else if (momentA < momentB) return -1;
    else return 0;
}

alert(compare("11/07/2015", "10/07/2015"));

The method returns 1 if dateTimeA is greater than dateTimeB

The method returns 0 if dateTimeA equals dateTimeB

The method returns -1 if dateTimeA is less than dateTimeB

You should be able to compare them directly.

var date = moment("2013-03-24")
var now = moment();

if (now > date) {
   // date is past
} else {
   // date is future
}

$(document).ready(function() {_x000D_
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  $('.compare').click(function(e) {_x000D_
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    var date = $('#date').val();_x000D_
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    var now = moment();_x000D_
    var then = moment(date);_x000D_
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    if (now > then) {_x000D_
      $('.result').text('Date is past');_x000D_
    } else {_x000D_
      $('.result').text('Date is future');_x000D_
    }_x000D_
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  });_x000D_
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});

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.10.3/moment.min.js"></script>_x000D_
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.0/jquery.min.js"></script>_x000D_
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<input type="text" name="date" id="date" value="2014-12-18"  placeholder="yyyy-mm-dd">_x000D_
<button class="compare">Compare date to current date</button>_x000D_
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<div class="result"></div>

moment(d).isAfter(ahead30now); // true

http://momentjs.com/docs/#/query/is-after/

if (moment(d).isAfter(ahead30now)) {
    // allow input time
    console.log('UTC TIME DB', d.format());
} else {

}

for date-time comparison, you can use valueOf function of the moment which provides milliseconds of the date-time, which is best for comparison:

let date1 = moment('01-02-2020','DD-MM-YYYY').valueOf()_x000D_
let date2 = moment('11-11-2012','DD-MM-YYYY').valueOf()_x000D_
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//     alert((date1 > date2 ? 'date1' : 'date2') + " is greater..."  )_x000D_
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if (date1 > date2) {_x000D_
   alert("date1 is greater..." )_x000D_
} else {_x000D_
   alert("date2 is greater..." )_x000D_
}

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