Sorted a javascript array of objects by an object property

Question

Hay, i have an array of objects and i need to sort them (either DESC or ASC) by a certain property of each object.

Here's the data

obj1 = new Object;
obj1.date = 1307010000;

obj2 = new Object;
obj2.date = 1306923600;

obj3 = new Object;
obj3.date = 1298974800;

obj4 = new Object;
obj4.date = 1306923600;

obj5 = new Object;
obj5.date = 1307096400;

data = [obj1,obj2,obj3,obj4,obj5];

Now, i want to order the data array so that the objects are in order by date.

Can someone help me with this?

Answer 1

Use the Array sort() method

data.sort(function(a, b){
    return a.date - b.date;
});