How to compare today date with another date in javascript?

Question

I am trying to compare old date with today's date but I am not getting output true. Please help me.

let today = new Date(); // 2021-02-13T13:28:28.501Z

if ("2020-11-04T08:01:25.698Z" < today){
    console.log("True");
}

Does this answer your question? [Compare two dates with JavaScript](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/492994/compare-two-dates-with-javascript) — Mike Malyi, Feb 13 '21 at 13:34

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 13 '21 at 14:20

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Variable today is a date object you need to compare it with date object only and then only you will get the desired results

if (new Date() === today ) console.log('true')```

edited Feb 13 '21 at 14:20

Mike Malyi

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answered Feb 13 '21 at 13:35

kaps_rocks

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 13 '21 at 13:39

You can compare two dates (Date objects) using getTime method

console.log(date1.getTime() > date2.getTime())

This example prints true if date1 is later than date2

In your case:

let today = new Date();
let otherDay = new Date("2020-11-04T08:01:25.698Z");

if (otherDay.getTime() < today.getTime()){
    console.log("True");
}

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 13 '21 at 13:43

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You need to convert string to date first

if (new Date("2020-11-04T08:01:25.698Z") < today){
    console.log("True");
}

answered Feb 13 '21 at 13:43

cbrox

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 13 '21 at 13:43

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let today = new Date(); // 2021-02-13T13:28:28.501Z 
    if (new Date("2020-11-04T08:01:25.698Z") < today)
    {
     console.log("True"); 
    }

Convert string to Date object and compare.

answered Feb 13 '21 at 13:43

Ayaz

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 13 '21 at 13:49

you can create an isTodaySameDay function and call it. check out the snippet code below:

const isTodaySameDay = (day) => {
    const today = new Date();
    return day.getFullYear() === today.getFullYear() &&
    day.getMonth() === today.getMonth() &&
    day.getDate() === today.getDate();
};

let yesterday = new Date();

yesterday.setDate(yesterday .getDate() - 1);
console.log(isTodaySameDay(yesterday)); //false

let today = new Date();
console.log(isTodaySameDay(today)); //true

How to compare today date with another date in javascript?

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