how can I compare dates in array to find the earliest one?

Question

I have a variable called dateArray with dates in it for example

[\"09/09/2009\", \"16/07/2010\", \"29/01/2001\"]

and I want to find the earlies

Answer 1

The easiest way is to create dates object and the you can check grater/equal.. (date1 > date2)

Example to create date: Convert dd-mm-yyyy string to date