JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<ul>
<li>1st date <div id="date1"></div></li>
<li>2nd date <div id="date2"></div></li>
<li>min Date <div id="date"></div></li>
</ul>
JavaScript
var date1 = new Date(2013, 05, 13);
var date2 = new Date(2013, 04, 10) ;
var minDate = Math.min(date1.valueOf(), date2.valueOf());
var date = new Date(minDate);
$(function() {
$('#date1').html(date1);
$('#date2').html(date2);
$('#date').html(date);
});