JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by aztechy

HTML

Date: <input type="text" id="thedate"/>

<div id="checkDate">Check Date</div>

JavaScript

$('#thedate').datepicker();

$('#checkDate').bind('click', function() {
    var selectedDate = $('#thedate').datepicker('getDate');
    var today = new Date();
    today.setHours(0);
    today.setMinutes(0);
    today.setSeconds(0);
    if (Date.parse(today) == Date.parse(selectedDate)) {
        alert('today!');
    } else {
        alert('not today');
    }
});