Checking if two Dates have the same date info

Question

How can I check if two different date objects have the same date information(having same day, month, year ...)? I have tried "==", "===" and .equals but

Answer 1

Hellnar,

you could try (pardon the function name :) - amended per felix's valueof, rather than getTime)

function isEqual(startDate, endDate) {
    return endDate.valueOf() == startDate.valueOf();
}

usage:

if(isEqual(date1, date2)){
   // do something
}

might get you part of the way there.

see also:

'http://www.java2s.com/Tutorial/JavaScript/0240__Date/DatevalueOf.htm'