Question

How can I sort by date from string without using any of jQuery “Date” functions or methods?

Lets say that I have something like this:

<ul>
    <li class="article"><a href="#" class="">15/02/1966</a></li>
    <li class="article"><a href="#" class="">17/07/2003</a></li>
    <li class="article"><a href="#" class="">11/12/2007</a></li>
    <li class="article"><a href="#" class="">04/07/1951</a></li>
</ul>

How to sort them from lowest to biggest? Thanks!

Answer 1

You still could use alphabetical comparison, you only would need to reverse the dates into YYYYMMDD:

$ul = $("ul"); // or whatever selector you used
$ul.children().sort(function(a, b) {
    var ta = $(a).text().split("/").reverse().join();
    var tb = $(b).text().split("/").reverse().join();
    return (ta>tb) - (tb>ta);
}).appendTo($ul);