Question

How can I compare these two date and time values:

date 1 = 2012-03-07 11:55:18

date 2 = 2012-01-02 11:02:44

and find the time difference between them?

Answer 1

you can get seconds difference with below code,you can convert that accordingly

var date1=new Date("2012-03-07 11:55:18");
var date2=new Date("2012-01-02 11:02:44");
var mSeconds=date1.getTime()-date2.getTime();
alert(mSeconds/1000);​

jsfiddle example