Comparing two dates with javascript or datejs (date difference)

Question

I am trying to compare two dates which are in Finnish time form like this: dd.mm.YYYY or d.m.YYYY or dd.m.YYYY or d.mm.YYYY.

I am having a hard time finding out how to d

Answer 1

Using the Date object:

var today = Date.today();
var dateToday = Date.parse(today.toString('MMMM d, yyyy'));

var prevMonthDate = dateToday.addDays(-30);

var difference = (dateToday - prevMonthDate)/86400000;

console.log(difference);   //will give you the difference in days.