JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Michel Plungjan
HTML
<div id="res"></div>
JavaScript
var res = document.getElementById("res");
function compareDates(str1,str2) {
var d1 = Date.parse(str1.replace(/-/g," ")),
d2 = Date.parse(str2.replace(/-/g," "));
return d1<d1;
}
var str1 = "20-Jun-2014", str2 = "30-Jun-2014", bigger = compareDates(str1,str2);
res.innerHTML+= "<br/>D1: "+new Date(Date.parse(str1.replace(/-/g," ")));
res.innerHTML+= "<br/>D2: "+new Date(Date.parse(str2.replace(/-/g," ")));
res.innerHTML+= "<br/>D2 is bigger than D1:"+bigger