A Beginner's Guide to Comparing Dates in JavaScript
Working with dates and times is a common task in software development. In JavaScript, you have the built-in Date
object, but it can be a bit cumbersome and has its quirks. There are third-party libraries like date-fns
to help manipulate and format dates in JavaScript. However, the fundamental task of comparing two dates can be quickly done using the built-in methods, as you will learn in this post. You will start from the basics and move to use a third-party library, date-fns
, for date comparison in JavaScript. Buckle up!