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a simple way to Subtract "dd/mm/yyyy" in javascript.

I need to subtract string date from another string date, the the string format is:
"dd/mm/yyyy", this needs to be done in Javascript,
I'm looking for a simple and efficient way to do this.

Kin Fat SZE

you could use
re = new RegExp("[0-9]{1,2}/[0-9]{1,2}/[0-9]{4}");
depend on your goal whether is able one decimal of day and month

<script language="javascript">
 
var strdate = '12:12:00 pm 12/12/2009 abc testing';
re = new RegExp("[0-9]{2}/[0-9]{2}/[0-9]{4}"); 
var newstr = strdate.replace(re, "");
document.write("newstr : " + newstr);
</script>

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RahnLev

ASKER

I mean that I beed to get the value of:
15/02/2009 - 13/02/2009 = 2

2 is what I need.

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Michel Plungjan

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RahnLev

ASKER

Does not let me use the new key word.

Michel Plungjan

What do you mean?

Here is a function

function diff(strDate1,strDate2) {
  var arrDate1 = strDate1.split("/");
  var arrDate2 = strDate2.split("/");
  var d1 = new Date(arrDate1[2],arrDate1[1]-1,arrDate1[0],0,0,0)
  var d2 = new Date(arrDate2[2],arrDate2[1]-1,arrDate2[0],0,0,0)
  var diffInMilli = d2.getTime()-d1.getTime();
  var diffInDays = diffInMilli/(24*60*60*1000)
  return diffInDays
}
var beginDate = "13/11/2009"
var endDate = "15/11/2009"
alert(diff(beginDate,endDate))

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sunithnair

Try this one from https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20483408/Looking-for-DateDiff-Function-in-JavaScript.html

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META NAME="GENERATOR" Content="Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0">
<TITLE></TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=javascript>
<!--
function dateDifference(strDate1,strDate2){
     datDate1= Date.parse(strDate1);
     datDate2= Date.parse(strDate2);
     alert((datDate2-datDate1)/(24*60*60*1000))
     
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>
 
</HEAD>
<BODY>
 
<FORM action="" method=POST id=form1 name=form1><P>&nbsp;</P>
<INPUT type="text" id=text1 name=text1>
<INPUT type="text" id=text2 name=text2>
<INPUT type="button" value="Button" id=button1 name=button1 onClick=dateDifference(this.form.text1.value,this.form.text2.value)>
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>

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Michel Plungjan

Sunithair, Date.parse does not work with european formatted dates

javascript:alert(new Date(Date.parse("13/11/2009")))

a simple way to Subtract &quot;dd/mm/yyyy&quot; in javascript.

a simple way to Subtract "dd/mm/yyyy" in javascript.