JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
JavaScript
let books = [{id:1, name:"a", date: 12},{id:2, name:"v", date: 4}, {id:3, name:"gr", date: 5}]
var orderedDates = books.sort(function(a, b) {
return a.date - b.date;
});
books.findIndex(b => b.id == bookId)
console.log(orderedDates[0]);