Difference between two dates in years, months, days in JavaScript

Question

I\'ve been searching for 4 hours now, and have not found a solution to get the difference between two dates in years, months, and days in JavaScript, like: 10th of April 201

Answer 1

Actually, there's a solution with a moment.js plugin and it's very easy.

You might use moment.js

Don't reinvent the wheel again.

Just plug Moment.js Date Range Plugin.

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Example:

var starts = moment('2014-02-03 12:53:12');
var ends   = moment();

var duration = moment.duration(ends.diff(starts));

// with ###moment precise date range plugin###
// it will tell you the difference in human terms

var diff = moment.preciseDiff(starts, ends, true); 
// example: { "years": 2, "months": 7, "days": 0, "hours": 6, "minutes": 29, "seconds": 17, "firstDateWasLater":  false }


// or as string:
var diffHuman = moment.preciseDiff(starts, ends);
// example: 2 years 7 months 6 hours 29 minutes 17 seconds

document.getElementById('output1').innerHTML = JSON.stringify(diff)
document.getElementById('output2').innerHTML = diffHuman

  

  



  
  
Difference between "NOW and 2014-02-03 12:53:12"