Min/Max of dates in an array?

Question

Code is tested with IE,FF,Chrome and works properly:

var dates=[];
dates.push(new Date("2011/06/25"))
dates.push(new Date("2011/06/26"))
dates.push(new Date("2011/06/27"))
dates.push(new Date("2011/06/28"))
var maxDate=new Date(Math.max.apply(null,dates));
var minDate=new Date(Math.min.apply(null,dates));

Something like:

var min = dates.reduce(function (a, b) { return a < b ? a : b; }); 
var max = dates.reduce(function (a, b) { return a > b ? a : b; });

Tested on Chrome 15.0.854.0 dev

_.min and _.max work on arrays of dates; use those if you're using Lodash or Underscore, and consider using Lodash (which provides many utility functions like these) if you're not already.

For example,

_.min([
    new Date('2015-05-08T00:07:19Z'),
    new Date('2015-04-08T00:07:19Z'),
    new Date('2015-06-08T00:07:19Z')
])

will return the second date in the array (because it is the earliest).

Same as apply, now with spread :

const maxDate = new Date(Math.max(...dates));

(could be a comment on best answer)

Since dates are converted to UNIX epoch (numbers), you can use Math.max/min to find those:

var maxDate = Math.max.apply(null, dates)
// convert back to date object
maxDate = new Date(maxDate)

(tested in chrome only, but should work in most browsers)

**Use Spread Operators| ES6 **

let datesVar = [ 2017-10-26T03:37:10.876Z,
  2017-10-27T03:37:10.876Z,
  2017-10-23T03:37:10.876Z,
  2015-10-23T03:37:10.876Z ]

Math.min(...datesVar);

That will give the minimum date from the array.

Its shorthand Math.min.apply(null, ArrayOfdates);