How to treat strings in an array as dates

Question

I have an array with dates like so:

Nov 01 2015 22: +0
Nov 01 2015 23: +0
Nov 02 2015 00: +0
Nov 02 2015 01: +0

This is exactly the format I'm getting from the server and I have no control on it. Is it possible to refer all of these as dates? For example, I would like to get only those from November 2.

if you want the timestamp, Date.parse( 'Nov 01 2015 22: +0' ); — GrafiCode
– GrafiCode, Commented Nov 2, 2015 at 19:38
This is working great. I think I'll get along from here, thank you! — user3800799
– user3800799, Commented Nov 2, 2015 at 19:39

GrafiCode · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-02 19:46:56Z

1

You can compare each element of your array with a reference date and populate another array with the right dates.

var dates = ['Nov 01 2015 22: +0', 'Nov 01 2015 23: +0', 'Nov 02 2015 00: +0', 'Nov 02 2015 01: +0'];

var referenceDate = Date.parse('Nov 02 2015 00: +0');

var yourDates = [];

function custom(element, index, array) {
    if ( Date.parse(element) >= referenceDate)
    {
    	yourDates.push(element);
    }
}

dates.forEach(custom);

console.log(yourDates);

// THIS WILL OUTPUT:
//
// ["Nov 02 2015 00: +0", "Nov 02 2015 01: +0"]

DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/w6vz34bb/

answered Nov 2, 2015 at 19:46

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