Difference in Months between two dates in JavaScript

Question

How would I work out the difference for two Date() objects in JavaScript, while only return the number of months in the difference?

Any help would be great :)

Answer 1

Any value is returned along with its absolute value.

function differenceInMonths(firstDate, secondDate) {
    if (firstDate > secondDate) [firstDate, secondDate] = [secondDate, firstDate];
    let diffMonths = (secondDate.getFullYear() - firstDate.getFullYear()) * 12;
    diffMonths -= firstDate.getMonth();
    diffMonths += secondDate.getMonth();
    return diffMonths;
}