Validate if date is before date of current date

Question

Using this function, I'm getting a 7 days difference; how can I test whether a date is before the current date?

function validateDate() {     pickedDate = Date.parse("05-Jul-2012".replace(/-/g, " "));     todaysDate = new Date();     todaysDate.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0);     dateDifference = Math.abs(Number(todaysDate) - pickedDate);     //7 Days=604800000ms     if (dateDifference > 604800000) {         return false;     } else {         return true;     } } 

Answer 1

You can directly compare both dates as

return pickedDate <= todaysDate 

For exact date comparison considering milliseconds you can use getTime() method

You can parse date as you have done:

pickedDatestr = "09-Apr-2010" var pickedDate = new Date(Date.parse(pickedDatestr.replace(/-/g, " "))) 

Answer 2

For date comparison (without time):

function isDateBeforeToday(date) {     return new Date(date.toDateString()) < new Date(new Date().toDateString()); }  isDateBeforeToday(new Date(2016, 11, 16)); 

Test cases:

// yesterday isDateBeforeToday(new Date(2018, 12, 20)); // => true  // today isDateBeforeToday(new Date(2018, 12, 21)); // => false  // tomorrow isDateBeforeToday(new Date(2018, 12, 22)); // => false