How to check 2 date fields and compare to see which date is ahead, behind or the same

Question

I\'m working with 2 dates that are posted back to me in a textbox as strings in this format 03/02/2010. One is the current completion date and the second is the final completion

Answer 1

var passedDate1 = new Date('03/02/2010');
var passedDate2 = new Date('03/01/2010');

if (passedDate1 > passedDate2) {
   alert ('Date1 is greated than date 2');
}
else if (passedDate1 < passedDate2) {
   alert ('Date1 is less than date 2');
}
else {
   alert ('they are equal');
}