Lo-Dash sortBy array of dates in string format

Question

I\'d like to know why lodash doesn\'t sort array of dates in string format as compared with plain javascript sort(). Is it expected behavior or a bug?

Answer 1

If you are trying to use lodash to sort dates in ascending or descending order for your array of objects, you should use _.orderBy instead of _.sortBy

https://lodash.com/docs/4.17.15#orderBy, this method allows specifying sort orders either by 'asc' or'desc'

An example would be:

const sortedArray = _(myArray.orderBy([
  function(object) {
    return new Date(object.date);
  }],["desc"])