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MomentJS getting previous dates relative to today

Is there anyway to get the days past the current day using MomentJS?
For example suppose it is January 5, 2018, how would I get the previous dates from January 1, 2018 through to January 5, 2018 ?
My current code looks like this:
const monthArr = [];
const dayArr= [];
const currentDate = moment(new Date()).format("DD");
for (let i = 0; i < +currentDate; i++) {
const month = moment(new Date())
.subtract(i, "day")
.format("MMYYYY");
const day = moment(new Date())
.subtract(i, "day")
.format("MMDDYYYY");
console.log("month" + month);
console.log("day" + day);
let monthObj = {};
let dailyObj = {};
monthArr.push(
(monthObj = {
data: {
[month]: Object.assign({}, document)
}
})
);
day.push(
(dailyObj = {
data: {
[day]: Object.assign({}, document)
}
})
);
monthly(user_id, monthArr[i]) &&
daily(user_id, dayArr[i]);
}

The code in the OP seems very inefficient and far more complex than required.
To generate a series of formatted strings for dates from today to the start of the month only needs one Date and some very simple arithmetic and formatting. It really doesn't need a library nor any date arithmetic, e.g.
// Pad single digit number with leading zero
function pad(n){
return (n < 10? '0' : '') + n;
}
var today = new Date(),
year = today.getFullYear(),
month = pad(today.getMonth() + 1),
day,
i = today.getDate();
do {
day = pad(i);
console.log(`Month: ${month + year}`);
console.log(`Day: ${month + day + year}`);
} while (--i)
There are a number of other issues with your code, but they're not directly related to the question.

How can I use moment.js to add days, excluding weekends?

I'm setting a default follow-up date two days from current date, which currently works:
const Notify = moment().add(2, 'days').toDate();
However, I would like to exclude weekends. So I installed moment WeekDay, but I can't seem to get it to work with adding days to the current date. The documentation calls for:
moment().weekday(0)
But I can't get that to work with adding in two days forward. Any ideas?

This solution is simple, easy to follow, and works well for me:
function addBusinessDays(originalDate, numDaysToAdd) {
const Sunday = 0;
const Saturday = 6;
let daysRemaining = numDaysToAdd;
const newDate = originalDate.clone();
while (daysRemaining > 0) {
newDate.add(1, 'days');
if (newDate.day() !== Sunday && newDate.day() !== Saturday) {
daysRemaining--;
}
}
return newDate;
}

Try: moment-business-days
It should help you.
Example:
var momentBusinessDays = require("moment-business-days")
momentBusinessDays('20-09-2018', 'DD-MM-YYYY').businessAdd(3)._d
Result:
Tue Sep 25 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (IST)

You could also not use external lib and do a simple function like one of these two:
const WEEKEND = [moment().day("Saturday").weekday(), moment().day("Sunday").weekday()]
const addBusinessDays1 = (date, daysToAdd) => {
var daysAdded = 0,
momentDate = moment(new Date(date));
while (daysAdded < daysToAdd) {
momentDate = momentDate.add(1, 'days');
if (!WEEKEND.includes(momentDate.weekday())) {
daysAdded++
}
}
return momentDate;
}
console.log(addBusinessDays1(new Date(), 7).format('MM/DD/YYYY'))
console.log(addBusinessDays1('09-20-2018', 3).format('MM/DD/YYYY'))
// This is the somewhat faster version
const addBusinessDays2 = (date, days) => {
var d = moment(new Date(date)).add(Math.floor(days / 5) * 7, 'd');
var remaining = days % 5;
while (remaining) {
d.add(1, 'd');
if (d.day() !== 0 && d.day() !== 6)
remaining--;
}
return d;
};
console.log(addBusinessDays2(new Date(), 7).format('MM/DD/YYYY'))
console.log(addBusinessDays2('09-20-2018', 3).format('MM/DD/YYYY'))
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.22.2/moment.min.js"></script>
They are slightly modified from this post and I think are a good alternative to external library you have to carry/deal with (assuming this is the only part you need and not other features of that lib).

This will do it based on any starting date, and without a costly loop. You calculate the number of weekend days you need to skip over, then just offset by the number of weekdays and weekends, together.
function addWeekdays(year, month, day, numberOfWeekdays) {
var originalDate = year + '-' + month + '-' + day;
var futureDate = moment(originalDate);
var currentDayOfWeek = futureDate.day(); // 0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday, ..., 6 = Saturday
var numberOfWeekends = Math.floor((currentDayOfWeek + numberOfWeekdays - 1) / 5); // calculate the number of weekends to skip over
futureDate.add(numberOfWeekdays + numberOfWeekends * 2, 'days'); // account for the 2 days per weekend
return futureDate;
}

const addWorkingDays = (date: Moment, days: number) => {
let newDate = date.clone();
for (let i = 0; i < days; i++) {
if (newDate.isoWeekday() !== 6 && newDate.isoWeekday() !== 7) {
newDate = newDate.add(1, "days");
} else {
newDate = newDate.add(1, "days");
i--;
}
}
return newDate.format("YYYY/MM/DD");
};

var moment = require("moment")
function addWorkingDay(date, days){
let daysToAdd = days
const today = moment(date);
const nextWeekStart = today.clone().add(1, 'week').weekday(1);
const weekEnd = today.clone().weekday(5);
const daysTillWeekEnd = Math.max(0, weekEnd.diff(today, 'days'));
if(daysTillWeekEnd >= daysToAdd) return today.clone().add(daysToAdd, 'days');
daysToAdd = daysToAdd - daysTillWeekEnd - 1;
return nextWeekStart.add(Math.floor(daysToAdd/5), 'week').add(daysToAdd % 5, 'days')
}

I think this code will be faster:
var businessDays = 10;
var days = businessDays + Math.floor((Math.min(moment().day(),5)+businessDays)/6)*2;
moment.add(days, 'days');

// using pure JS
function addBusinessDays(originalDate, numDaysToAdd) {
const Sunday = 0;
const Saturday = 6;
let daysRemaining = numDaysToAdd;
const newDate = originalDate;
while (daysRemaining > 0) {
newDate.setDate(newDate.getDate() + 1);
if (newDate.getDay() !== 0 && newDate.getDay() !== 6) {
// skip sunday & saturday
daysRemaining--;
}
}
return newDate;
}
var dt = new Date(); // get date
var business_days = 8;
newDate = addBusinessDays(dt, business_days);
console.log(newDate.toString());

Get all days of the week given a day

I'm trying to make a function to get all the days of the week given the current day. I had a function that i thought was working until i noticed that if the day of the week is near the end of the month, like for example February, i get weird data. Anyone know whats going on and how to fix it?
function days(current) {
var week = new Array();
// Starting Monday not Sunday
var first = ((current.getDate() - current.getDay()) + 1);
for (var i = 0; i < 7; i++) {
week.push(
new Date(current.setDate(first++))
);
}
return week;
}
var input = new Date(2017, 1, 27);
console.log('input: %s', input);
var result = days(input);
console.log(result.map(d => d.toString()));
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If you don't want to use some kind of other library like Moment.js you can also change your function a little and then it will work. Try this:
function dates(current) {
var week= new Array();
// Starting Monday not Sunday
current.setDate((current.getDate() - current.getDay() +1));
for (var i = 0; i < 7; i++) {
week.push(
new Date(current)
);
current.setDate(current.getDate() +1);
}
return week;
}
console.log(dates(new Date(2017, 1, 27)));

You can use Moment.js library - utility library for dates/time operations
Here's examplary code to get current week's dates starting from monday:
function getThisWeekDates() {
var weekDates= [];
for (var i = 1; i <= 7; i++) {
weekDates.push(moment().day(i));
}
return weekDates;
}
var thisWeekDates = getThisWeekDates();
thisWeekDates.forEach(function(date){ console.log(date.format());});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.22.2/moment.js"></script>
The code above prints following results to the console:
2017-03-20T21:26:27+01:00
2017-03-21T21:26:27+01:00
2017-03-22T21:26:27+01:00
2017-03-23T21:26:27+01:00
2017-03-24T21:26:27+01:00
2017-03-25T21:26:27+01:00
2017-03-26T21:26:27+02:00

I will trace your code using your example of Feb 27, 2017:
first = 27 - 1 + 1 = 27
loop:
Feb.setDate(27) = 27 feb
Feb.setDate(28) = 28 feb
Feb.setDate(29) = Not 29 days in Feb. So it sets current to 29-28 = 1st day of March
March.setDate(30) = March 30
March.setDate(31) = March 31
March.setDate(32) = Not 32 days in March. So it sets current to 31-32 = 1st of April..
April.setDate(33) = Not 33 days in April. So it sets current day 33-30 = 3rd day of May.
Please note that I used the shorthand of Month.setDate() to show the month of the current Date object when it was being called.
So the issue is with your understanding of setDate that is being used on current. It changes the month and if the value you use isn't a day in the month it adjusts the month and day appropriately. I hope this cleared things up for you.
For how to add one to a date, see Add +1 to current date. Adapted to your code, you can set current to the first day of the week then just keep adding 1 day and pushing copies to the array:
function days(current) {
var week = [];
// Starting Monday not Sunday
var first = current.getDate() - current.getDay() + 1;
current.setDate(first);
for (var i = 0; i < 7; i++) {
week.push(new Date(+current));
current.setDate(current.getDate()+1);
}
return week;
}
var input = new Date(2017, 1, 27);
console.log('input: %s', input);
var result = days(input);
console.log(result.map(d => d.toString()));
Note that this changes the date passed in (per the original code), you may want to make current a copy to avoid that.

Suppose monday starts the week, you can calculate monday and go to sunday. getDategives you the day of the week, and Sunday starts at 0. With momnday, we get just offset forward to 6 days to get sunday
mondayThisWeek(date: Date): Date {
const d = new Date(date)
const day = d.getDay()
const diff = d.getDate() - day + (day === 0 ? -6 : 1)
return new Date(d.setDate(diff))
}
const offsetDate = (base: Date, count: number): Date => {
const date = new Date(base)
date.setDate(base.getDate() + count)
return date
}
thisWeek(today: Date): TimeRange {
const monday = mondayThisWeek(today)
return {
startDate: monday,
endDate: offsetDate(monday, 6)
}
}

This can be achieved easly using moment
const getWeekDates = () => {
let weekDates = [];
for (let i = 0; i < 7; i++)
weekDates.push(moment().add(i, 'd'));
return weekDates;
};
console.log(getWeekDates());
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Check if one date is between two dates

I need to check if a date - a string in dd/mm/yyyy format -
falls between two other dates having the same format dd/mm/yyyy
I tried this, but it doesn't work:
var dateFrom = "02/05/2013";
var dateTo = "02/09/2013";
var dateCheck = "02/07/2013";
var from = Date.parse(dateFrom);
var to = Date.parse(dateTo);
var check = Date.parse(dateCheck );
if((check <= to && check >= from))
alert("date contained");
I used debugger and checked, the to and from variables have isNaN value.
Could you help me?

Date.parse supports the format mm/dd/yyyy not dd/mm/yyyy. For the latter, either use a library like moment.js or do something as shown below
var dateFrom = "02/05/2013";
var dateTo = "02/09/2013";
var dateCheck = "02/07/2013";
var d1 = dateFrom.split("/");
var d2 = dateTo.split("/");
var c = dateCheck.split("/");
var from = new Date(d1[2], parseInt(d1[1])-1, d1[0]); // -1 because months are from 0 to 11
var to = new Date(d2[2], parseInt(d2[1])-1, d2[0]);
var check = new Date(c[2], parseInt(c[1])-1, c[0]);
console.log(check > from && check < to)

Instead of comparing the dates directly, compare the getTime() value of the date. The getTime() function returns the number of milliseconds since Jan 1, 1970 as an integer-- should be trivial to determine if one integer falls between two other integers.
Something like
if((check.getTime() <= to.getTime() && check.getTime() >= from.getTime())) alert("date contained");

Try what's below. It will help you...
Fiddle : http://jsfiddle.net/RYh7U/146/
Script :
if(dateCheck("02/05/2013","02/09/2013","02/07/2013"))
alert("Availed");
else
alert("Not Availed");
function dateCheck(from,to,check) {
var fDate,lDate,cDate;
fDate = Date.parse(from);
lDate = Date.parse(to);
cDate = Date.parse(check);
if((cDate <= lDate && cDate >= fDate)) {
return true;
}
return false;
}

The answer that has 50 votes doesn't check for date in only checks for months. That answer is not correct. The code below works.
var dateFrom = "01/08/2017";
var dateTo = "01/10/2017";
var dateCheck = "05/09/2017";
var d1 = dateFrom.split("/");
var d2 = dateTo.split("/");
var c = dateCheck.split("/");
var from = new Date(d1); // -1 because months are from 0 to 11
var to = new Date(d2);
var check = new Date(c);
alert(check > from && check < to);
This is the code posted in another answer and I have changed the dates and that's how I noticed it doesn't work
var dateFrom = "02/05/2013";
var dateTo = "02/09/2013";
var dateCheck = "07/07/2013";
var d1 = dateFrom.split("/");
var d2 = dateTo.split("/");
var c = dateCheck.split("/");
var from = new Date(d1[2], parseInt(d1[1])-1, d1[0]); // -1 because months are from 0 to 11
var to = new Date(d2[2], parseInt(d2[1])-1, d2[0]);
var check = new Date(c[2], parseInt(c[1])-1, c[0]);
alert(check > from && check < to);

Simplified way of doing this based on the accepted answer.
In my case I needed to check if current date (Today) is pithing the range of two other dates so used newDate() instead of hardcoded values but you can get the point how you can use hardcoded dates.
var currentDate = new Date().toJSON().slice(0,10);
var from = new Date('2020/01/01');
var to = new Date('2020/01/31');
var check = new Date(currentDate);
console.log(check > from && check < to);

I have created customize function to validate given date is between two dates or not.
var getvalidDate = function(d){ return new Date(d) }
function validateDateBetweenTwoDates(fromDate,toDate,givenDate){
return getvalidDate(givenDate) <= getvalidDate(toDate) && getvalidDate(givenDate) >= getvalidDate(fromDate);
}

Here is a Date Prototype method written in typescript:
Date.prototype.isBetween = isBetween;
interface Date { isBetween: typeof isBetween }
function isBetween(minDate: Date, maxDate: Date): boolean {
if (!this.getTime) throw new Error('isBetween() was called on a non Date object');
return !minDate ? true : this.getTime() >= minDate.getTime()
&& !maxDate ? true : this.getTime() <= maxDate.getTime();
};

I did the same thing that #Diode, the first answer, but i made the condition with a range of dates, i hope this example going to be useful for someone
e.g (the same code to example with array of dates)
var dateFrom = "02/06/2013";
var dateTo = "02/09/2013";
var d1 = dateFrom.split("/");
var d2 = dateTo.split("/");
var from = new Date(d1[2], parseInt(d1[1])-1, d1[0]); // -1 because months are from 0 to 11
var to = new Date(d2[2], parseInt(d2[1])-1, d2[0]);
var dates= ["02/06/2013", "02/07/2013", "02/08/2013", "02/09/2013", "02/07/2013", "02/10/2013", "02/011/2013"];
dates.forEach(element => {
let parts = element.split("/");
let date= new Date(parts[2], parseInt(parts[1]) - 1, parts[0]);
if (date >= from && date < to) {
console.log('dates in range', date);
}
})

Try this:
HTML
<div id="eventCheck"></div>
JAVASCRIPT
// ----------------------------------------------------//
// Todays date
var today = new Date();
var dd = today.getDate();
var mm = today.getMonth()+1; //January is 0!
var yyyy = today.getFullYear();
// Add Zero if it number is between 0-9
if(dd<10) {
dd = '0'+dd;
}
if(mm<10) {
mm = '0'+mm;
}
var today = yyyy + '' + mm + '' + dd ;
// ----------------------------------------------------//
// Day of event
var endDay = 15; // day 15
var endMonth = 01; // month 01 (January)
var endYear = 2017; // year 2017
// Add Zero if it number is between 0-9
if(endDay<10) {
endDay = '0'+endDay;
}
if(endMonth<10) {
endMonth = '0'+endMonth;
}
// eventDay - date of the event
var eventDay = endYear + '/' + endMonth + '/' + endDay;
// ----------------------------------------------------//
// ----------------------------------------------------//
// check if eventDay has been or not
if ( eventDay < today ) {
document.getElementById('eventCheck').innerHTML += 'Date has passed (event is over)'; // true
} else {
document.getElementById('eventCheck').innerHTML += 'Date has not passed (upcoming event)'; // false
}
Fiddle:
https://jsfiddle.net/zm75cq2a/

Suppose for example your date is coming like this & you need to install momentjs for advance date features.
let cmpDate = Thu Aug 27 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
let format = "MM/DD/YYYY";
let startDate: any = moment().format(format);
let endDate: any = moment().add(30, "days").format(format);
let compareDate: any = moment(cmpDate).format(format);
var startDate1 = startDate.split("/");
var startDate2 = endDate.split("/");
var compareDate1 = compareDate.split("/");
var fromDate = new Date(startDate1[2], parseInt(startDate1[1]) - 1, startDate1[0]);
var toDate = new Date(startDate2[2], parseInt(startDate2[1]) - 1, startDate2[0]);
var checkDate = new Date(compareDate1[2], parseInt(compareDate1[1]) - 1, compareDate1[0]);
if (checkDate > fromDate && checkDate < toDate) {
... condition works between current date to next 30 days
}

This may feel a bit more intuitive. The parameter is just a valid date string.
This function returns true if the date passed as argument is in the current week, or false if not.
function isInThisWeek(dateToCheck){
// Create a brand new Date instance
const WEEK = new Date()
// create a date instance with the function parameter
//(format should be like dd/mm/yyyy or any javascript valid date format )
const DATEREF = new Date(dateToCheck)
// If the parameter is a not a valid date, return false
if(DATEREF instanceof Date && isNaN(DATEREF)){
console.log("invalid date format")
return false}
// Get separated date infos (the date of today, the current month and the current year) based on the date given as parameter
const [dayR, monthR, yearR] = [DATEREF.getDate(), DATEREF.getMonth(), DATEREF.getFullYear()]
// get Monday date by substracting the day index (number) in the week from the day value (count)
//in the month (like october 15th - 5 (-> saturday index)) and +1 because
//JS weirdly starts the week on sundays
const monday = (WEEK.getDate() - WEEK.getDay()) + 1
// get Saturday date
const sunday = monday + 6
// Start verification
if (yearR !== WEEK.getFullYear()) { console.log("WRONG YEAR"); return false }
if (monthR !== WEEK.getMonth()) { console.log("WRONG MONTH"); return false }
if(dayR >= monday && dayR <= sunday) { return true }
else {console.log("WRONG DAY"); return false}
}

Try this
var gdate='01-05-2014';
date =Date.parse(gdate.split('-')[1]+'-'+gdate.split('-')[0]+'-'+gdate.split('-')[2]);
if(parseInt(date) < parseInt(Date.now()))
{
alert('small');
}else{
alert('big');
}
Fiddle

This question is very generic, hence people who are using date libraries also check for the answer, but I couldn't find any answer for the date libraries, hence I am posting the answer for Luxon users.
const fromDate = '2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z';
const toDate = '2022-06-30T23:59:59.999Z';
const inputDate = '2022-08-09T20:26:13.380Z';
if (
DateTime.fromISO(inputDate) >= DateTime.fromISO(fromDate) &&
DateTime.fromISO(inputDate) <= DateTime.fromISO(toDate)
) {
console.log('within range');
} else {
console.log('not in range');
}

How can I calculate the number of years between two dates?

I want to get the number of years between two dates. I can get the number of days between these two days, but if I divide it by 365 the result is incorrect because some years have 366 days.
This is my code to get date difference:
var birthday = value;//format 01/02/1900
var dateParts = birthday.split("/");
var checkindate = new Date(dateParts[2], dateParts[0] - 1, dateParts[1]);
var now = new Date();
var difference = now - checkindate;
var days = difference / (1000*60*60*24);
var thisyear = new Date().getFullYear();
var birthyear = dateParts[2];
var number_of_long_years = 0;
for(var y=birthyear; y <= thisyear; y++){
if( (y % 4 == 0 && y % 100 == 0) || y % 400 == 0 ) {
number_of_long_years++;
}
}
The day count works perfectly. I am trying to do add the additional days when it is a 366-day year, and I'm doing something like this:
var years = ((days)*(thisyear-birthyear))
/((number_of_long_years*366) + ((thisyear-birthyear-number_of_long_years)*365) );
I'm getting the year count. Is this correct, or is there a better way to do this?

Sleek foundation javascript function.
function calculateAge(birthday) { // birthday is a date
var ageDifMs = Date.now() - birthday;
var ageDate = new Date(ageDifMs); // miliseconds from epoch
return Math.abs(ageDate.getUTCFullYear() - 1970);
}

Probably not the answer you're looking for, but at 2.6kb, I would not try to reinvent the wheel and I'd use something like moment.js. Does not have any dependencies.
The diff method is probably what you want: http://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/difference/

Using pure javascript Date(), we can calculate the numbers of years like below
document.getElementById('getYearsBtn').addEventListener('click', function () {
var enteredDate = document.getElementById('sampleDate').value;
// Below one is the single line logic to calculate the no. of years...
var years = new Date(new Date() - new Date(enteredDate)).getFullYear() - 1970;
console.log(years);
});
<input type="text" id="sampleDate" value="1980/01/01">
<div>Format: yyyy-mm-dd or yyyy/mm/dd</div><br>
<button id="getYearsBtn">Calculate Years</button>

No for-each loop, no extra jQuery plugin needed... Just call the below function.. Got from Difference between two dates in years
function dateDiffInYears(dateold, datenew) {
var ynew = datenew.getFullYear();
var mnew = datenew.getMonth();
var dnew = datenew.getDate();
var yold = dateold.getFullYear();
var mold = dateold.getMonth();
var dold = dateold.getDate();
var diff = ynew - yold;
if (mold > mnew) diff--;
else {
if (mold == mnew) {
if (dold > dnew) diff--;
}
}
return diff;
}

I use the following for age calculation.
I named it gregorianAge() because this calculation gives exactly how we denote age using Gregorian calendar. i.e. Not counting the end year if month and day is before the month and day of the birth year.
/**
* Calculates human age in years given a birth day. Optionally ageAtDate
* can be provided to calculate age at a specific date
*
* #param string|Date Object birthDate
* #param string|Date Object ageAtDate optional
* #returns integer Age between birthday and a given date or today
*/
gregorianAge = function(birthDate, ageAtDate) {
// convert birthDate to date object if already not
if (Object.prototype.toString.call(birthDate) !== '[object Date]')
birthDate = new Date(birthDate);
// use today's date if ageAtDate is not provided
if (typeof ageAtDate == "undefined")
ageAtDate = new Date();
// convert ageAtDate to date object if already not
else if (Object.prototype.toString.call(ageAtDate) !== '[object Date]')
ageAtDate = new Date(ageAtDate);
// if conversion to date object fails return null
if (ageAtDate == null || birthDate == null)
return null;
var _m = ageAtDate.getMonth() - birthDate.getMonth();
// answer: ageAt year minus birth year less one (1) if month and day of
// ageAt year is before month and day of birth year
return (ageAtDate.getFullYear()) - birthDate.getFullYear()
- ((_m < 0 || (_m === 0 && ageAtDate.getDate() < birthDate.getDate()))?1:0)
}
<input type="text" id="birthDate" value="12 February 1982">
<div style="font-size: small; color: grey">Enter a date in an acceptable format e.g. 10 Dec 2001</div><br>
<button onClick='js:alert(gregorianAge(document.getElementById("birthDate").value))'>What's my age?</button>

Little out of date but here is a function you can use!
function calculateAge(birthMonth, birthDay, birthYear) {
var currentDate = new Date();
var currentYear = currentDate.getFullYear();
var currentMonth = currentDate.getMonth();
var currentDay = currentDate.getDate();
var calculatedAge = currentYear - birthYear;
if (currentMonth < birthMonth - 1) {
calculatedAge--;
}
if (birthMonth - 1 == currentMonth && currentDay < birthDay) {
calculatedAge--;
}
return calculatedAge;
}
var age = calculateAge(12, 8, 1993);
alert(age);

You can get the exact age using timesstamp:
const getAge = (dateOfBirth, dateToCalculate = new Date()) => {
const dob = new Date(dateOfBirth).getTime();
const dateToCompare = new Date(dateToCalculate).getTime();
const age = (dateToCompare - dob) / (365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
return Math.floor(age);
};

let currentTime = new Date().getTime();
let birthDateTime= new Date(birthDate).getTime();
let difference = (currentTime - birthDateTime)
var ageInYears=difference/(1000*60*60*24*365)

Yep, moment.js is pretty good for this:
var moment = require('moment');
var startDate = new Date();
var endDate = new Date();
endDate.setDate(endDate.getFullYear() + 5); // Add 5 years to second date
console.log(moment.duration(endDate - startDate).years()); // This should returns 5

getYears(date1, date2) {
let years = new Date(date1).getFullYear() - new Date(date2).getFullYear();
let month = new Date(date1).getMonth() - new Date(date2).getMonth();
let dateDiff = new Date(date1).getDay() - new Date(date2).getDay();
if (dateDiff < 0) {
month -= 1;
}
if (month < 0) {
years -= 1;
}
return years;
}

for(var y=birthyear; y <= thisyear; y++){
if( (y % 4 == 0 && y % 100 == 0) || y % 400 == 0 ) {
days = days-366;
number_of_long_years++;
} else {
days=days-365;
}
year++;
}
can you try this way??

function getYearDiff(startDate, endDate) {
let yearDiff = endDate.getFullYear() - startDate.getFullYear();
if (startDate.getMonth() > endDate.getMonth()) {
yearDiff--;
} else if (startDate.getMonth() === endDate.getMonth()) {
if (startDate.getDate() > endDate.getDate()) {
yearDiff--;
} else if (startDate.getDate() === endDate.getDate()) {
if (startDate.getHours() > endDate.getHours()) {
yearDiff--;
} else if (startDate.getHours() === endDate.getHours()) {
if (startDate.getMinutes() > endDate.getMinutes()) {
yearDiff--;
}
}
}
}
return yearDiff;
}
alert(getYearDiff(firstDate, secondDate));

getAge(month, day, year) {
let yearNow = new Date().getFullYear();
let monthNow = new Date().getMonth() + 1;
let dayNow = new Date().getDate();
if (monthNow === month && dayNow < day || monthNow < month) {
return yearNow - year - 1;
} else {
return yearNow - year;
}
}

If you are using moment
/**
* Convert date of birth into age
* param {string} dateOfBirth - date of birth
* param {string} dateToCalculate - date to compare
* returns {number} - age
*/
function getAge(dateOfBirth, dateToCalculate) {
const dob = moment(dateOfBirth);
return moment(dateToCalculate).diff(dob, 'years');
};

If you want to calculate the years and keep the remainder of the time left for further calculations you can use this function most of the other answers discard the remaining time.
It returns the years and the remainder in milliseconds. This is useful if you want to calculate the time (days or minutes) left after you calculate the years.
The function works by first calculating the difference in years directly using *date.getFullYear()*.
Then it checks if the last year between the two dates is up to a full year by setting the two dates to the same year.
Eg:
oldDate= 1 July 2020,
newDate= 1 June 2022,
years =2020 -2022 =2
Now set old date to new date's year 2022
oldDate = 1 July, 2022
If the last year is not up to a full year then the year is subtracted by 1, the old date is set to the previous year and the interval from the previous year to the current date is calculated to give the remainder in milliseconds.
In the example since old date July 2022 is greater than June 2022 then it means a full year has not yet elapsed (from July 2021 to June 2022) therefore the year count is greater by 1. So years should be decreased by 1. And the actual year count from July 2020 to June 2022 is 1 year ,... months.
If the last year is a full year then the year count by *date.getFullYear()* is correct and the time that has elapsed from the current old date to new date is calculated as the remainder.
If old date= 1 April, 2020, new date = 1 June, 2022 and old date is set to April 2022 after calculating the year =2.
Eg: from April 2020 to June 2022 a duration of 2 years has passed with the remainder being the time from April 2022 to June 2022.
There are also checks for cases where the two dates are in the same year and if the user enters the dates in the wrong order the new Date is less recent than the old Date.
let getYearsAndRemainder = (newDate, oldDate) => {
let remainder = 0;
// get initial years between dates
let years = newDate.getFullYear() - oldDate.getFullYear();
if (years < 0) {// check to make sure the oldDate is the older of the two dates
console.warn('new date is lesser than old date in year difference')
years = 0;
} else {
// set the old date to the same year as new date
oldDate.setFullYear(newDate.getFullYear());
// check if the old date is less than new date in the same year
if (oldDate - newDate > 0) {
//if true, the old date is greater than the new date
// the last but one year between the two dates is not up to a year
if (years != 0) {// dates given in inputs are in the same year, no need to calculate years if the number of years is 0
console.log('Subtracting year');
//set the old year to the previous year
years--;
oldDate.setFullYear(oldDate.getFullYear() - 1);
}
}
}
//calculate the time difference between the old year and newDate.
remainder = newDate - oldDate;
if (remainder < 0) { //check for negative dates due to wrong inputs
console.warn('old date is greater than new Date');
console.log('new date', newDate, 'old date', oldDate);
}
return { years, remainder };
}
let old = new Date('2020-07-01');
console.log( getYearsAndRemainder(new Date(), old));

Date calculation work via the Julian day number. You have to take the first of January of the two years. Then you convert the Gregorian dates into Julian day numbers and after that you take just the difference.

Maybe my function can explain better how to do this in a simple way without loop, calculations and/or libs
function checkYearsDifference(birthDayDate){
var todayDate = new Date();
var thisMonth = todayDate.getMonth();
var thisYear = todayDate.getFullYear();
var thisDay = todayDate.getDate();
var monthBirthday = birthDayDate.getMonth();
var yearBirthday = birthDayDate.getFullYear();
var dayBirthday = birthDayDate.getDate();
//first just make the difference between years
var yearDifference = thisYear - yearBirthday;
//then check months
if (thisMonth == monthBirthday){
//if months are the same then check days
if (thisDay<dayBirthday){
//if today day is before birthday day
//then I have to remove 1 year
//(no birthday yet)
yearDifference = yearDifference -1;
}
//if not no action because year difference is ok
}
else {
if (thisMonth < monthBirthday) {
//if actual month is before birthday one
//then I have to remove 1 year
yearDifference = yearDifference -1;
}
//if not no action because year difference is ok
}
return yearDifference;
}

Bro, moment.js is awesome for this:
The diff method is what you want: http://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/difference/
The below function return array of years from the year to the current year.
const getYears = (from = 2017) => {
const diff = moment(new Date()).diff(new Date(`01/01/${from}`), 'years') ;
return [...Array(diff >= 0 ? diff + 1 : 0).keys()].map((num) => {
return from + num;
});
}
console.log(getYears(2016));
<script src="https://momentjs.com/downloads/moment.js"></script>

function dateDiffYearsOnly( dateNew,dateOld) {
function date2ymd(d){ w=new Date(d);return [w.getFullYear(),w.getMonth(),w.getDate()]}
function ymd2N(y){return (((y[0]<<4)+y[1])<<5)+y[2]} // or 60 and 60 // or 13 and 32 // or 25 and 40 //// with ...
function date2N(d){ return ymd2N(date2ymd(d))}
return (date2N(dateNew)-date2N(dateOld))>>9
}
test:
dateDiffYearsOnly(Date.now(),new Date(Date.now()-7*366*24*3600*1000));
dateDiffYearsOnly(Date.now(),new Date(Date.now()-7*365*24*3600*1000))

I went for the following very simple solution. It does not assume you were born in 1970 and it also takes into account the hour of the given birthday date.
function age(birthday) {
let now = new Date();
let year = now.getFullYear();
let years = year - birthday.getFullYear();
birthday = new Date(birthday.getTime()); // clone
birthday.setFullYear(year);
return now >= birthday ? years : years - 1;
}

This one Help you...
$("[id$=btnSubmit]").click(function () {
debugger
var SDate = $("[id$=txtStartDate]").val().split('-');
var Smonth = SDate[0];
var Sday = SDate[1];
var Syear = SDate[2];
// alert(Syear); alert(Sday); alert(Smonth);
var EDate = $("[id$=txtEndDate]").val().split('-');
var Emonth = EDate[0];
var Eday = EDate[1];
var Eyear = EDate[2];
var y = parseInt(Eyear) - parseInt(Syear);
var m, d;
if ((parseInt(Emonth) - parseInt(Smonth)) > 0) {
m = parseInt(Emonth) - parseInt(Smonth);
}
else {
m = parseInt(Emonth) + 12 - parseInt(Smonth);
y = y - 1;
}
if ((parseInt(Eday) - parseInt(Sday)) > 0) {
d = parseInt(Eday) - parseInt(Sday);
}
else {
d = parseInt(Eday) + 30 - parseInt(Sday);
m = m - 1;
}
// alert(y + " " + m + " " + d);
$("[id$=lblAge]").text("your age is " + y + "years " + m + "month " + d + "days");
return false;
});

if someone needs for interest calculation year in float format
function floatYearDiff(olddate, newdate) {
var new_y = newdate.getFullYear();
var old_y = olddate.getFullYear();
var diff_y = new_y - old_y;
var start_year = new Date(olddate);
var end_year = new Date(olddate);
start_year.setFullYear(new_y);
end_year.setFullYear(new_y+1);
if (start_year > newdate) {
start_year.setFullYear(new_y-1);
end_year.setFullYear(new_y);
diff_y--;
}
var diff = diff_y + (newdate - start_year)/(end_year - start_year);
return diff;
}