Javascript compare 2 differently foramtted dates

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So I have a date being pulled from a database called preCountDate

for this example preCountDate = 2017-10-12

I need to check if this is bigger than todays date which I am setting like this preToday = new Date(); now I can see that they are returning different formats which I assume to the issue and why this isn't working:

if(preCountDate > preToday){
    preToday = [preCountDate, preCountDate = preToday][0];
    preCountDate = moment(preCountDate).subtract(1, 'day');
}

I use the above to check is the preCountDate is bigger, if yes then swap them around.

This doesn't get run with the above. I think its to do with the format that preToday returns but not sure how to format in a way that will work

help appreciated

Different to the one suggested as I am not using unix time

Possible duplicate of javascript - compare dates in different formats — Kukic Vladimir
– Kukic Vladimir, Commented Jul 13, 2017 at 14:27

Chris Lear · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-13 14:30:20Z

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Try this

preCountDate = new Date(preCountDate); // this sorts out the format problem
if (preCountDate > preToday){
    // whatever you want to do with the dates here
}

answered Jul 13, 2017 at 14:30

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assembler · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-13 14:41:53Z

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If you are using moment you could try this:

var preCountDate = moment("2017-10-12");
var preToday = moment();

if (preCountDate > preToday) {
   // do your thing...
}

or

if (preCountDate.isAfter(preCountDate)) {
   // do your thing...
}

or

if (preCountDate.diff(preCountDate) > 0) {
   // do your thing...
}

answered Jul 13, 2017 at 14:41

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Chris Lear Over a year ago

This is probably a better answer than mine

assembler Over a year ago

There is no better answer than other... there are just different ways to do the same thing.

Chris Lear Over a year ago

That's very gracious. But given that the OP was using moment anyway, it does make a bit more sense to use moment throughout. Either way, at least he's got it working now.

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