[removed] IF time >= 9:30 then

Question

I\'m trying to write a statement that says \"if time is this and less than that then\". I can use get hours and get min. However, I\'m having problems combining a time suc

Answer 1

One way is to do a direct comparison on date objects. Choose an arbitrary year, month and day, and then incorporate your times as follows:

var older = new Date("1980-01-01 12:15");
var newer = new Date("1980-01-01 12:30");

if (newer > older){
    alert("Newer time is newer");

} else {
    alert ("The time is not newer");

}

The MDC documentation on the Date object will help with some more details. The bottom line is that if you want to compare times, you don't actually need to call any methods on the objects, and it's possible to directly compare them. The date() object can take a variety of strings to assign a new time to the returned instance, these are from the MDC documentation:

today = new Date();
birthday = new Date("December 17, 1995 03:24:00");
birthday = new Date(1995,11,17);
birthday = new Date(1995,11,17,3,24,0);

As you can see, it's pretty simple. Don't complicate, and have a look through the documentation :)

While we're here, here's a test using your example:

var base = new Date("1980-01-01 9:30");
var test = new Date("1980-01-01 9:30:01");

if (test >= base){
    alert("test time is newer or equal to base time");

} else {
    alert ("test time is older than 9.30");

}