Sort array of objects with date field by date

Question

Give the following array of objects, I need to sort them by the date field ascending.

var myArray = [
  {
    name: \"Joe Blow\",
    date: \"Mon Oct 31 2016 00:         


        

Answer 1

Here's a solution using standard Javascript by converting both values to date object and comparing their value.

myArray.sort((d1, d2) => new Date(d1.date).getTime() - new Date(d2.date).getTime());

A complete snippet:

var myArray = [
  {
    name: "Joe Blow",
    date: "Mon Oct 31 2016 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (PDT)"
  },
  {
    name: "Sam Snead",
    date: "Sun Oct 30 2016 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (PDT)"
  },
  {
    name: "John Smith",
    date: "Sat Oct 29 2016 00:00:00 GMT-0700 (PDT)"  
  }
];

myArray.sort((d1, d2) => new Date(d1.date).getTime() - new Date(d2.date).getTime());

console.log(myArray);