This will give you the difference between two dates, in milliseconds
var diff = Math.abs(date1 - date2);
In your example, it’d be
var diff = Math.abs(new Date() - compareDate);
You need to make sure that compareDate
is a valid Date
object.
Something like this will probably work for you
var diff = Math.abs(new Date() - new Date(dateStr.replace(/-/g,"https://stackoverflow.com/")));
i.e. turning "2011-02-07 15:13:06"
into new Date('2011/02/07 15:13:06')
, which is a format the Date
constructor can comprehend.