How to calculate difference between two dates using JavaScript

Introduction

This code will give you the diffrence between the two dates in days.Some time it is required in the program to get diff. between two dates.It is so small and very efficient code.

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// Any source code blocks look like this
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        t1="10/10/2006" ;

        t2="15/10/2006";

 
   //Total time for one day
        var one_day=1000*60*60*24; 
//Here we need to split the inputed dates to convert them into standard format
for furter execution
        var x=t1.split("/");     
        var y=t2.split("/");
  //date format(Fullyear,month,date) 

        var date1=new Date(x[2],(x[1]-1),x[0]);
  
        var date2=new Date(y[2],(y[1]-1),y[0])
        var month1=x[1]-1;
        var month2=y[1]-1;
        
        //Calculate difference between the two dates, and convert to days
               
        _Diff=Math.ceil((date2.getTime()-date1.getTime())/(one_day)); 
//_Diff gives the diffrence between the two dates.

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