I have two dates in a specific format (strings). I need to verify if the current date is lower than the max allowed date:
var date_current = '03_25_2022';
var date_max = '03_30_2022';
The format will always be m_d_Y. Since these are technically strings, what would be the best way to compare them as dates?
I'm using this function but I'm not sure of the approach:
function compareDates(d1, d2){
var parts = d1.split('_');
var d1 = Number(parts[1] + parts[2] + parts[0]);
parts = d2.split('_');
var d2 = Number(parts[1] + parts[2] + parts[0]);
return d1 <= d2;
}
You can first convert these string into date object and then compare their timestamp as follow:
function strToDate(str) {
const splits = str.split('_');
if (splits.length !== 3) {
throw Error("Invalid date");
}
return new Date(splits[2], parseInt(splits[0]) - 1, splits[1]);
}
let dateCurrent = strToDate('03_25_2022');
let dateMax = strToDate('03_30_2022');
console.log(dateMax.getTime() > dateCurrent.getTime())