js diference of days between dates 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: javascript difference between two dates in days

const diffDays = (date, otherDate) => Math.ceil(Math.abs(date - otherDate) / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));

// Example
diffDays(new Date('2014-12-19'), new Date('2020-01-01'));   // 1839