Question

I have a date string in this format – “DD-MM-YYYY”
this validates that successfully:

var dateFormat = /(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])-(0[1-9]|1[012])-\d{4}/ ;
if(!startDate.match(dateFormat)){
    alert("'Start Date' must be in format: DD-MM-YYYY");
    return false;

I need to check that the inserted date is after today’s date(or today’s date).
how can i do that with JavaScript?

I’ve tried this:
http://www.redips.net/javascript/date-validation/
with the separator, didn’t work. suggestions?

Answer 1

First, this is your current date in javascript:

var today = new Date();
var day = today.getDate();
var month = today.getMonth()+1; // Zero indexed

All you need to do, from here, is to compare this with your start date!

Best regards!

check this out maybe it helps to understand the date object.