How to calculate difference between two dates using JavaScript






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Apr 8, 2007

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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.
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 // 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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