JavaScript date objects UK dates

Question

I have the following code

 datePicker.change(function(){
        dateSet = datePicker.val();
        dateMinimum = dateChange();
        dateSetD = new Date(dateSet);
        dateMinimumD = new Date(dateMinimum);
        if(dateSetD<dateMinimumD){
            datePicker.val(dateMinimum);
            alert('You can not amend down due dates');
        }       
    })

dateSet = "01/07/2010" dateMinimum = "23/7/2010"

Both are UK format. When the date objects are compared dateSetD should be less than dateMinimumD but it is not. I think it is to do with the facts I am using UK dates dd/mm/yyyy. What would I need to change to get this working?

UK dates are "dd/MM/yyyy" not "mm/dd/yyyy". – ChrisF Jun 25 '10 at 10:31 — ChrisF, Jun 25 '10 at 10:31
Been one of those days. Updated question. – Linda Jun 25 '10 at 10:33 — Linda, Jun 25 '10 at 10:33

T.J. Crowder · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-13T17:16:39.013

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The JavaScript Date constructor doesn't parse strings in that form (whether in UK or U.S. format). See the spec for details, but you can construct the dates part by part:

new Date(year, month, day);

MomentJS might be useful for dealing with dates flexibly. (This answer previously linked to this lib, but it's not been maintained in a long time.)

edited Aug 13 '16 at 17:16

answered Jun 25 '10 at 10:36

T.J. Crowder

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score 13 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 24 '12 at 09:16

This is how I ended up doing it:

 var lastRunDateString ='05/04/2012'; \\5th april 2012
 var lastRunDate = new Date(lastRunDateString.split('/')[2], lastRunDateString.split('/')[1] - 1, lastRunDateString.split('/')[0]);

Note the month indexing is from 0-11.

score 11 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 23 '15 at 12:02

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var dateString ='23/06/2015';
var splitDate = dateString.split('/');
var month = splitDate[1] - 1; //Javascript months are 0-11

var date = new Date(splitDate[2], month, splitDate[0]);

answered Jun 23 '15 at 12:02

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score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 25 '10 at 10:34

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Split the date into day, month, year parts using dateSet.split('/')
Pass these parts in the right order to the Date constructor.

answered Jun 25 '10 at 10:34

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 25 '10 at 10:38

Yes, there is problem with the date format you are using. If you are not setting a date format the default date that is used is 'mm/dd/yy. So you should set your preferred date formate when you create it as following when you create the date picker:

$(".selector" ).datepicker({ dateFormat: 'dd/mm/yyyy' });

or you can set it later as:

$.datepicker.formatDate('dd/mm/yyyy');

piyer · Answer 6 · 2010-06-25T14:26:46.717

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When you try to create a date object:

new Date(year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds)

Example:

dateSetD = new Date(dateSet.year, dateSet.month, dateSet.day);

Note: JavaScript Date object's month starts with 00, so you need to adjust your dateset accordingly.

edited Jun 25 '10 at 14:26

answered Jun 25 '10 at 10:40

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JavaScript doesn't have Python-style keyword arguments. What you're doing in the example is assigning `dateSet.year` to an accidental global variable `year`! – bobince Jun 25 '10 at 11:08

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