findEarliest()

Returns the earliest date from an array of dates, in milliseconds.

Usage

import { findEarliest } from 'easy-dates';

findEarliest(array)

Prop types

Takes an array of dates, or array of dates as milliseconds.

props	type	required	default
array	Array	yes	n/a

Examples

returning milliseconds

const today = new Date();
const tomorrow = new Date(today.getTime() + 86400000);
findEarliest([today, tomorrow]) // returns today's date in milliseconds

convert milliseconds to date

const today = new Date();
const tomorrow = new Date(today.getTime() + 86400000);
const latestDate = findEarliest([today, tomorrow]) // 1648513095866
new Date(latestDate) // Sun Mar 27 2022 20:18:22 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)