JavaScript validate date between 3 dates

Question

var current_date = '2015-10-21 16:08:30';
var event_start_date = '2015-10-27 09:30:00';
var event_end_date =  '2015-10-28 18:30:00';

if(new Date(current_date) > new Date(event_end_date)){
    //Event has been ended
} else if((new Date(current_date) > new Date(event_start_date)) && (new Date(current_date) < new Date(event_end_date))){
   //Event is running. Event will close event_end_date
} else {
   //Event not started yet. Event will start event_start_date
}

Above JavaScript condition not working.

What is wrong with me?

Notes :- Mozilla firefox above code not working. Please check JSFiDDLE

Possible duplicate of [Compare two dates with JavaScript](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/492994/compare-two-dates-with-javascript) — Zakaria Acharki, Oct 21 '15 at 10:41
What's not working about it - now you've edited it to use `new Date` it seems to work fine to me. — James Thorpe, Oct 21 '15 at 10:44
@JamesThorpe this one not working. Can you please check manually it — Chinmay235, Oct 21 '15 at 10:45
[I did](http://jsfiddle.net/3Ljkzcq5/), and updated `current_date` to be before, between and after and successfully triggered all 3 conditions. — James Thorpe, Oct 21 '15 at 10:46
@Chinu Seems fine to me - says event is running, which it should since the first date is between the other two. — James Thorpe, Oct 21 '15 at 10:52
@JamesThorpe i got it. Problem in mozila browser. Can you please check both mozilla and chrome yo will get the different. — Chinmay235, Oct 21 '15 at 10:54
@ZakariaAcharki please check my question. This is not duplicate. If i am using only `date` then its working fine. But in `datetime` i getting wrong message. — Chinmay235, Oct 21 '15 at 11:04

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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First convert the to javascript date format. for eg.

var current_date = new Date('2015-10-21 16:08:30'); //works in chrome but not in firefox

Then your conditions will work.

Please follow this: new Date() is working in Chrome but not Firefox

Apparently Mozilla is not very much flexible. Check there documentation: Date Object

edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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Hello dear its browser issue. Thre is showing different different message in different browser. Can you please check mozilla and chrome – Chinmay235 Oct 21 '15 at 10:57
You are right. There problem in mozilla. How we fix it? – Chinmay235 Oct 21 '15 at 11:02

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 21 '15 at 11:18

Browser support for parsing string to Date object is inconsistent. There is no specification on formats, so this is why it works on Chrome but not on Firefox.

See this link for a table of supported formats on each browser

I personally use moment.js framework to manipulate Dates on JavaScript, it's easy to use and has a consistent API that works on most browsers.

var current_date = '2015-10-21 16:08:30';

var momentDate = moment('2015-10-21 16:08:30', 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss');

JavaScript validate date between 3 dates

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