javascript calculate date difference in days code example

Example 1: calculate days between dates in javascript

let startDate = "2021-04-01";
let date1 = new Date();
let date2 = new Date(startDate);
let timeInMilisec = date1.getTime() - date2.getTime();
let daysBetweenDates = Math.ceil(timeInMilisec / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));

Example 2: get the difference between two dates js

const date1 = new Date('7/13/2010');
const date2 = new Date('12/15/2010');
const diffTime = Math.abs(date2 - date1);
const diffDays = Math.ceil(diffTime / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24)); 
console.log(diffTime + " milliseconds");
console.log(diffDays + " days");

Example 3: calculate days between two dates in javascript

<input id="first" value="25/2/2021"/>
<input id="second" value="26/2/2021"/>