Calcluate the number of days between dates using javascript
by Alaksandar Jesus Gene
HTML
<input type="text" id="startDate" placeholder="MM/DD/YYYY" value="10/22/2015">
<input type="text" id="endDate" placeholder="MM/DD/YYYY" value="10/23/2015">
<button id="calculate">Calculate Days</button>
<h3 id="result">The difference between the dates are <span class="days"></span> day(s)</h3>
CSS
.days{
text-decoration : underline;
}
#result{
display:none;
}
JavaScript
$("#calculate").click(function(){
millSecondsOutput = new Date($("#endDate").val().toString()) - new Date($("#startDate").val().toString())
convertMilliSecondstoSeconds= millSecondsOutput/1000;
convertSecondstoHours = convertMilliSecondstoSeconds/(60*60);
convertHourstoDays = convertSecondstoHours/24;
$(".days").text(convertHourstoDays);
$("#result").show();
})