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

A simple single line alternative for determining if two dates are equal, ignoring the time part:

function isSameDate(a, b) {
    return Math.abs(a - b) < (1000 * 3600 * 24) && a.getDay() === b.getDay();
}

It determines if dates a and b differ no more than one day and share the same day of the week.

function isSameDate(a, b) {
    return Math.abs(a - b) < (1000 * 3600 * 24) && a.getDay() === b.getDay();
}

console.log(isSameDate(new Date(2017, 7, 21), new Date(2017, 7, 21))); //exact same date => true
console.log(isSameDate(new Date(2017, 7, 21, 23, 59, 59), new Date(2017, 7, 21))); //furthest same dates => true
console.log(isSameDate(new Date(2017, 7, 20, 23, 59, 59), new Date(2017, 7, 21))); //nearest different dates => false
console.log(isSameDate(new Date(2016, 7, 21), new Date(2017, 7, 21))); //different year => false
console.log(isSameDate(new Date(2017, 8, 21), new Date(2017, 7, 21))); //different month => false