Is there a relatively straightforward way to do a date comparison, using jquery
, on a UK formatted date? I'm trying to check if the number of days selected via a date input field is greater than or equal to a set number. Unfortunately I can't change the date format and need to work with dd/mm/yy
.
UPDATE: the date I am working with is already in UK format dd/mm/yy
- I am trying to convert this into a format which can be compared with the current date, to find number of days elapsed.
Working solution:
function checkDaysElapsed (input) {
var datePart = input.split("/");
year = datePart[2]; // get only two digits
month = datePart[1];
day = datePart[0];
var date1 = new Date(year,month-1,day);
var currentTime = new Date();
var month2 = currentTime.getMonth();
var day2 = currentTime.getDate();
var year2 = currentTime.getFullYear();
var date2 = new Date(year2,month2,day2);
console.log(year + '/' + month + '/' + day);
console.log(year2 + '/' + month2 + '/' + day2);
delta = date2 - date1;
// delta is the difference in milliseconds
delta_in_days = Math.round(delta / 1000 / 60 / 60/ 24);
return delta_in_days;
}