new Date() on javascript gives different result when comparing the results

Question

code:

var userDate = "7/9/2016"
    var d = new Date(userDate);
    var daTe = d.toLocaleString();

 var today = "7/27/2016"
    var md = new Date(today);
    var td = md.toLocaleString();

    if (daTe > td) {
        alert("YES!")
    }

how come the userDate is greater than today? when I use 7/2/2016 to 7/9/2016 on userDate as value? Please explain.

That's because you are comparing two strings – Simone Poggi Jul 27 '16 at 08:07 — Simone Poggi, Jul 27 '16 at 08:07

rid · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-27T08:10:37.443

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toLocaleString() returns a string, so you're comparing two strings, not two dates. If you want to compare the dates, you can compare either the date objects themselves, or their timestamps.

Both of these will return false:

d > md

d.getTime() > md.getTime()

edited Jul 27 '16 at 08:10

answered Jul 27 '16 at 08:05

rid

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Just adding this link (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7087811/why-is-one-string-greater-than-the-other-when-comparing-strings-in-javascript) for an overview if you compare strings as mentioned within the question. Quote: "strings are compared lexicographically" – oberbics Jul 27 '16 at 08:10

new Date() on javascript gives different result when comparing the results

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