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HTML
<p id="res"></p>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.9.0/moment.min.js"></script>
JavaScript
var a = moment('1/1/2012', 'DD/MM/YYYY');
var b = moment('1/1/2013', 'DD/MM/YYYY');
var days = b.diff(a, 'days');
$('#res').text(days);