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;
}
}
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, " ")))