How to compare date in javascript?

Question

I suppose my question is simple but I am not finding the solution, How to compare a date with the previous or minor or the next date?

At the moment I have this code:

if(newDate > oldDate || newDate < oldDate){}

And its working but Its nasty, I tried newDate != oldDate but it doesn´t work for me, What am I doing wrong?

possible duplicate of [Compare dates with JavaScript](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/492994/compare-dates-with-javascript) — Jaimie Whiteside, Feb 18 '15 at 09:47

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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I think you want to check this answer.

Comparing 2 JavaScript dates.

Compare two dates with JavaScript

edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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answered Feb 18 '15 at 09:44

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 19 '15 at 10:24

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Use the date timestamp to compare the dates, like this:-

var oldDate = new Date('2013-05-23');
var newDate = new Date('2013-05-24');

if(newDate.getTime() > oldDate.getTime()) {
 console.log("Old date is the past date");
}

Note:- Higher timestamp value(number) denotes latest date. So timestamp of yesterday is less than the timestamp of today.

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answered Feb 18 '15 at 12:55

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How to compare date in javascript?

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