Get difference between two dates with inputs of string

Question

Want to get the difference between the two dates.

Input: Dec 2016 to Feb 2018(string)

Expected Output: 1 year 2 months

is any optimized way to achieve this?

Answer 1

You can use the moment library, and it's duration function to get the same result you desire.

Here are the implementations for the above question:

function dateDiff(d1, d2) {
  return moment.duration(Math.abs(moment(d1, 'MMM YYYY').diff(moment(d2, 'MMM YYYY'))))
}

let diffDuration = dateDiff('Dec 2016', 'Nov 2019')
diffDuration

var years = diffDuration.years(), months = diffDuration.months();
console.log(years + ' years ' + months + ' months');

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