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Home / Time & Date / Date difference in months

Date difference in months

Date difference in months

Calculates the difference (in months) between two dates.

Use Date.prototype.getFullYear() and Date.prototype.getMonth() to calculate the difference (in months) between two Date objects.

const getMonthsDiffBetweenDates = (dateInitial, dateFinal) =>
  Math.max(
    (dateFinal.getFullYear() - dateInitial.getFullYear()) * 12 +
      dateFinal.getMonth() -
      dateInitial.getMonth(),
    0
  );

// EXAMPLE
getMonthsDiffBetweenDates(new Date('2017-12-13'), new Date('2018-04-29')); // 4

Source

https://www.30secondsofcode.org/js/s/get-months-diff-between-dates

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