How to check date with current date using jQuery

Question

I want to check my date is greater than current date

$(\"#EndDate\").val() =\"5/13/2014\" ->M/d/y

Please find below code

Answer 1

However, I am late to answer this, but here is my approach to solve this issue:

var TodayDate = new Date();
var endDate= new Date(Date.parse($("#EndDate").val()));

if (endDate> TodayDate) {
    // throw error here..
}