Formatting date in java script

[leelakrishnamoturu]

I got a problem while formatting date in java scriptThe scenario is i will enter start date and end date in a form and i need to validate these date and the validation rule is end date should be greater than start dateWhen i am trying in US locale it working fine,but when i am trying in Australia locale with specific values Start Date is 24/09/2010 End date is 01/11/2010The validation is failedI am using Date.parse()/Date.parse().UTC() function in javascript to convert those date into millisecond and then later checking them which is biggerCould you find the solution for it

[ShadowMage]

I think you can just do a direct comparison. ie:var startDate = new Date('24/09/2010');var endDate = new Date('01/11/2010');if (startDate > endDate) {//...Error}I haven't tested it though.

[aspnetguy]

Yes that should work. You can also see this thread http://stackoverflow.com/questions/492994/...with-javascript for some functions that convert input and compare dates.

[leelakrishnamoturu]

Hi, Thanks for the reply but i need to use the date with timestamp also when i used that same code it is giving me a wrong date i.e for 24/09/2010 it is giving me 05/06/2012

[ShadowMage]

...also when i used that same code it is giving me a wrong date i.e for 24/09/2010 it is giving me 05/06/2012

Yea, forgot about that. You need to put it in mm/dd/yyyy format. In other words, new Date('09/24/2010')

[leelakrishnamoturu]

But i cant use hard coding actually depending upon locale i need to format But if we take US local it is in MMM DD,YY formatIn Date base it will be stored in DD/MM/YYYY

[jeffman]

If you know how the data base formats the date, and the format is consistent for every item, then you can use built-in string functions to parse the date into the format JavaScript expects.

[ShadowMage]

If you know how the data base formats the date, and the format is consistent for every item, then you can use built-in string functions to parse the date into the format JavaScript expects.

For example, use split() to create an array of the pieces and then reassemble it into a string that JavaScript will understand.