Check if two Dates are the same Day in JavaScript

Check if two Dates are the same Day in JavaScript #

To check if two dates are the same day:

1. Compare the output from the getFullYear() method for the two dates.
2. Do the same for the output of the getMonth() and getDate() methods.
3. If the conditions are met, the dates are the same day.

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const date1 = new Date('2022-06-19');
const date2 = new Date('2022-06-19');

if (
  date1.getFullYear() === date2.getFullYear() &&
  date1.getMonth() === date2.getMonth() &&
  date1.getDate() === date2.getDate()
) {
  console.log('✅ dates are the same day');
} else {
  console.log('⛔️ dates are not the same day');
}

We used the following 3 date-related methods:

• Date.getFullYear method - returns a four-digit number representing the year that corresponds to a date.

• Date.getMonth - returns an integer between 0 (January) and 11 (December) and represents the month for a given date. Yes, unfortunately the getMonth method is off by 1.

• Date.getDate - returns an integer between 1 and 31 representing the day of the month for a specific date.

We used the logical AND (&&) operator, which means that for our if block to run all of the conditions have to be met.

Alternatively, you can use the toDateString method.

To check if two dates are the same day, call the toDateString() method on both Date() objects and compare the results. If the output from calling the method is the same, the dates are the same day.

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const date1 = new Date('2022-06-19');
const date2 = new Date('2022-06-19');

if (date1.toDateString() === date2.toDateString()) {
  console.log('✅ dates are the same day');
} else {
  console.log('⛔️ dates are not the same day');
}

The toDateString() method returns a string that represents the date portion of the given Date object in human-readable form.

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const date1 = new Date('2022-06-19');

// 👇️ Sun Jun 19 2022
console.log(date1.toDateString());

If calling the method on both Date objects returns two equal strings, then the dates are the same day.