Checking for later enddate after startdate 1

[oaklandar]

I am trying to validate my StartDate and EndDate entries in my form. I want to make sure EndDate entry is later than the StartDate entry. The below works except if someone enters 03/4/04 instead of 03/04/04. Basically any single day entry without a zero in front of it ruins my validation. Please advise of a better validation or how I can get this to work?

function checkDate()
{
var f = document.forms[0];

	if (f.EndDate.value >= f.StartDate.value) 
	{                              
   		return true;
	}
	else
	{
		alert("End Date must be after Start Date.\n");
		return false;
	}
}

 

[nmath]

This is the code that I used to validate:

var endDate = new Date(document.Mainform.mydate2.value);
var startDate = new Date(document.Mainform.mydate1.value);
if (startDate > endDate )
 {
 alert("The end date must be after the start date");
 document.Mainform.mydate2.focus();
 }

I am not 100% positive that it is foolproof, but it seems to be working. Let me know if you have any problems. Thanks!

 

[oaklandar]

Thanks that is what I wanted. Are endDate and StartDate references to the Date class?