Compare dates

JavaScript
1

I have a date with format ‘2011-08-29 11:35:00’
How can I check it with current time and date?I use prototype framework

2

If you use the Javascript Date object you can simply compare with normal operators.
Type “javascript compare date objects” into Google.

3

Without any timezone information it will be an invalid date-
but you can assume GMT and get something from it-

Date.fromISO= function(s){
	var day, tz,
	rx=/^(\\d{4}\\-\\d\\d\\-\\d\\d([tT ][\\d:\\.]*)?)([zZ]|([+\\-])(\\d\\d):(\\d\\d))?$/,
	p= rx.exec(s) || [];
	if(p[1]){
		day= p[1].split(/\\D/);
		for(var i= 0, L= day.length; i<L; i++){
			day[i]= parseInt(day[i], 10) || 0;
		};
		day[1]-= 1;
		day= new Date(Date.UTC.apply(Date, day));
		if(!day.getDate()) return NaN;
		if(p[5]){
			tz= (parseInt(p[5], 10)*60);
			if(p[6]) tz+= parseInt(p[6], 10);
			if(p[4]== '+') tz*= -1;
			if(tz) day.setUTCMinutes(day.getUTCMinutes()+ tz);
		}
		return day;
	}
	return NaN;
}

Date.fromISO(‘2011-08-29 11:35:00’).toUTCString()

/* returned value: (String)
Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:35:00 GMT
*/

var when=Date.fromISO(‘2011-08-29 11:35:00’);
if(Date.UTC(when)>Date.UTC(new Date()))alert(‘later’);
else alert(‘sooner’);