Question: I have this code that I want to check if a date is in the past. I want to check it as soon as the date is entered, before form submission.

```
<input id="datepicker" onchange="checkDate()" required class="datepicker-input" type="text" data-date-format="yyyy-mm-dd" >

<script type="text/javascript">
 function checkDate() {
   var selectedDate = document.getElementById('datepicker').value;
   var now = new Date();
   if (selectedDate < now) {
    alert("Date must be in the future");
   }
 }
</script>

```

This does not work, if I enter a date in the past (e.g. 2014-12-03) it does not display the alert.

Answer: 
The `date()` function returns a string. Try converting both dates to integers first using the `Date.parse()` function:

```html
<input id="datepicker" onchange="checkDate()" required class="datepicker-input" type="text" data-date-format="yyyy-mm-dd" >

<script type="text/javascript">
   function checkDate() {
       var selectedDate = document.getElementById('datepicker').value;
       var now = new Date();
       var dt1 = Date.parse(now),
       dt2 = Date.parse(selectedDate);
       if (dt2 < dt1) {
            alert("Date must be in the future");
       }
 }
</script>
```
Simple mine function working ...

```
function check_not_past_date_time(enter_date) {
    var a =new Date(enter_date);
    var now =new Date();
    if(a>now){
        return true;
    }else {
        return false;
    }
}

```