Compare two date objects in javascript

Question

I want to check whether the date object Thu Apr 29 2021 01:15:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time) is before or after the current time, that is new Date().

I tried the basic < operator but it doesn't seem to work.

How do I achieve this? Thanks in advance.

it's basically just `Thu Apr 29 2021 01:15:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time) < new Date()`. I tried it out in chrome dev console to get a boolean. — vaibhav deep, Apr 28 '21 at 19:36
`Thu Apr 29 2021 01:15:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time) < new Date()` isn't valid JavaScript. Do you get an error? — , Apr 28 '21 at 19:36
Where does `Thu Apr 29 2021 01:15:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)` come from? — evolutionxbox, Apr 28 '21 at 19:37
Does this answer your question? [Compare two dates with JavaScript](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/492994/compare-two-dates-with-javascript) — Tom O., Apr 28 '21 at 19:38
But you should get an error message: https://wandbox.org/permlink/FE3dXgRSwcoLSoke — , Apr 28 '21 at 19:39

vanshaj · Answer 1 · 2021-04-28T19:40:11.780

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Convert your string to a Date object so that you can compare those two. Reference: MDN

const my_date = new Date("Thu Apr 29 2021 01:15:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)")
const c_date = new Date()

console.log(my_date > c_date)

edited Apr 28 '21 at 19:40

answered Apr 28 '21 at 19:37

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You don't need the second Date, `new Date(string) > Date.now()` will return the same result. – RobG Apr 29 '21 at 01:11

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 28 '21 at 19:38

It should be working with the <> operators:

const d1 = new Date("Thu Apr 29 2021 01:15:00 GMT+0530");
let now = new Date();

[d1, now].forEach(d => console.log(d));

console.log(now > d1);          // false because now is less than d1
now.setDate(now.getDate() + 2); // add 2 days to the now date
console.log(now > d1);          // true because now is greater than d1

Compare two date objects in javascript

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