I have an array of objects containing time stamps and I am attempting to sort them in ascending order. Ive tried converting them to 24 hour time using moment when sorting also comparing the time stamps themselves but for some reason I am still getting my times in a random order. Is there something Im missing?
data when already converted 12 hour time
[{start: '9:04 AM', end: '9:34 AM'}, {start: '3:04 AM', end: '3:34 AM'}...]
const sortedAppointments = appointments.sort(
(a, b) => moment(a.start).format("H:mm") - moment(b.start).format("H:mm"),
);
note: I am mapping over the array in the UI after it is sorted. But the output from this sort function is still out of order "/
Read the times into moment with the correct format, then compare the UNIX timestamps.
const sortedAppointments = appointments.sort(
(a, b) => moment(a.start, "h:mm a").unix() - moment(b.start, "h:mm a").unix()
);
For what it's worth, here's a version without the 200+kb download of moment.js
let appointments = [{
start: '9:04 AM',
end: '9:34 AM'
}, {
start: '9:04 PM',
end: '10:34 PM'
}, {
start: '3:04 AM',
end: '3:34 AM'
}]
const conv = time => {
let mer = time.split(" ")[1].toLowerCase(),
tm = time.split(" ")[0].split(":");
if (mer === "pm") tm[0] = +tm[0] + 12;
return +tm.join('');
}
const sortedAppointments = appointments.sort(
(a, b) => conv(a.start) - conv(b.start)
);
console.log(sortedAppointments)This is the solution that worked best for me with time in UTC :
const sortedAppointments = appointments.sort(
(a, b) => moment(a.start).format("x") - moment(b.start).format("x"),
);