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Asked: 2026-05-28T18:14:34+00:00

This is just a sanity check, but I’ve done several test cases before you

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This is just a sanity check, but I’ve done several test cases before you all jump on the “down” button =]

I just want to check that comparing dates from a MySQL database in the format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS in JavaScript will work correctly. Unfortunately, I can’t edit the query to return a Unix timestamp.

Example:

console.log('2010-05-22 00:54:12' > '2010-05-21 11:44:32');

All my test cases seem to suggest it works fine, but I just need to make sure.

Maybe my Google-fu is weak, but I can’t find anything about it online. Does anyone know for sure?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Yes, I’m sure one reason they chose such a format was so you could do a standard string comparison on them.

    Because the order of values is most-significant to least-significant, this will work perfectly fine as long as:

    • The hour is in 24-hour time, and
    • Any single digit value is preceded by a 0 (month, day, hour, etc.)

    However do note that unless you standardize on a particular time zone (GMT for example), this will only accurately compare dates in a single time zone.

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