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HTML

<input id="editDate" type="text" />
<button id="showit">Test</button>
<div id="result"></div>
<div id="result2"></div>

JavaScript

$('#editDate').val("2013/01/19 22:46:01");

$('#showit').click(function(){
    
    var testDate = $('#editDate').val();
    
    var d = new Date;

     $('#result').html(d);
    $('#result2').html(testDate);
    
    if (Date.parse(d)<Date.parse(testDate)) {alert(d+' minus than '+testDate);}
    else{
        alert(d+' more than '+testDate);
        }
});