Sort array of objects by single key with date value

Question

I have an array of objects with several key value pairs, and I need to sort them based on \'updated_at\':

[
    {
        \"updated_at\" : \"2012-01-01T06:25         


        

Answer 1

Data Imported

[
    {
        "gameStatus": "1",
        "userId": "c02cfb18-ae66-430b-9524-67d9dd8f6a50",
        "created_at": "2018-12-20 11:32:04"
    },
    {
        "gameStatus": "0",
        "userId": "c02cfb18-ae66-430b-9524-67d9dd8f6a50",
        "created_at": "2018-12-19 18:08:24"
    },
    {
        "gameStatus": "2",
        "userId": "c02cfb18-ae66-430b-9524-67d9dd8f6a50",
        "created_at": "2018-12-19 18:35:40"
    },
    {
        "gameStatus": "0",
        "userId": "c02cfb18-ae66-430b-9524-67d9dd8f6a50",
        "created_at": "2018-12-19 10:42:53"
    },
    {
        "gameStatus": "2",
        "userId": "c02cfb18-ae66-430b-9524-67d9dd8f6a50",
        "created_at": "2018-12-20 10:54:09"
    },
    {
        "gameStatus": "0",
        "userId": "1a2fefb0-5ae2-47eb-82ff-d1b2cc27875a",
        "created_at": "2018-12-19 18:46:22"
    },
    {
        "gameStatus": "1",
        "userId": "7118ed61-d8d9-4098-a81b-484158806d21",
        "created_at": "2018-12-20 10:50:48"
    }
]

FOR Ascending order

arr.sort(function(a, b){
    var keyA = new Date(a.updated_at),
        keyB = new Date(b.updated_at);
    // Compare the 2 dates
    if(keyA < keyB) return -1;
    if(keyA > keyB) return 1;
    return 0;
});

Example for Asc Order

[
    {
        "gameStatus": "0",
        "userId": "c02cfb18-ae66-430b-9524-67d9dd8f6a50",
        "created_at": "2018-12-19 10:42:53"
    },
    {
        "gameStatus": "0",
        "userId": "c02cfb18-ae66-430b-9524-67d9dd8f6a50",
        "created_at": "2018-12-19 18:08:24"
    },
    {
        "gameStatus": "2",
        "userId": "c02cfb18-ae66-430b-9524-67d9dd8f6a50",
        "created_at": "2018-12-19 18:35:40"
    },
    {
        "gameStatus": "0",
        "userId": "1a2fefb0-5ae2-47eb-82ff-d1b2cc27875a",
        "created_at": "2018-12-19 18:46:22"
    },
    {
        "gameStatus": "1",
        "userId": "7118ed61-d8d9-4098-a81b-484158806d21",
        "created_at": "2018-12-20 10:50:48"
    },
    {
        "gameStatus": "2",
        "userId": "c02cfb18-ae66-430b-9524-67d9dd8f6a50",
        "created_at": "2018-12-20 10:54:09"
    },
    {
        "gameStatus": "1",
        "userId": "c02cfb18-ae66-430b-9524-67d9dd8f6a50",
        "created_at": "2018-12-20 11:32:04"
    }
]

---

FOR Descending order

arr.sort(function(a, b){
    var keyA = new Date(a.updated_at),
        keyB = new Date(b.updated_at);
    // Compare the 2 dates
    if(keyA > keyB) return -1;
    if(keyA < keyB) return 1;
    return 0;
});

Example for Desc Order

[
    {
        "gameStatus": "1",
        "userId": "c02cfb18-ae66-430b-9524-67d9dd8f6a50",
        "created_at": "2018-12-20 11:32:04"
    },
    {
        "gameStatus": "2",
        "userId": "c02cfb18-ae66-430b-9524-67d9dd8f6a50",
        "created_at": "2018-12-20 10:54:09"
    },
    {
        "gameStatus": "1",
        "userId": "7118ed61-d8d9-4098-a81b-484158806d21",
        "created_at": "2018-12-20 10:50:48"
    },
    {
        "gameStatus": "0",
        "userId": "1a2fefb0-5ae2-47eb-82ff-d1b2cc27875a",
        "created_at": "2018-12-19 18:46:22"
    },
    {
        "gameStatus": "2",
        "userId": "c02cfb18-ae66-430b-9524-67d9dd8f6a50",
        "created_at": "2018-12-19 18:35:40"
    },
    {
        "gameStatus": "0",
        "userId": "c02cfb18-ae66-430b-9524-67d9dd8f6a50",
        "created_at": "2018-12-19 18:08:24"
    },
    {
        "gameStatus": "0",
        "userId": "c02cfb18-ae66-430b-9524-67d9dd8f6a50",
        "created_at": "2018-12-19 10:42:53"
    }
]