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How to get total number of hours between two dates in javascript?

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I am in a situation where I need to find out the total hour difference between two date objects but the thing is dates aren't present in the actual format.

Date 1: 6 Apr, 2015 14:45

Date 2: 7 May, 2015 02:45

If it would have been in standard format, simply I would have been used below method:
var hours = Math.abs(date1 - date2) / 36e5;

I am not sure how do I get the hour difference here... please help.

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answered 9 Years ago kayle · Accepted Answer

You can create date objects out of your strings:

const dateOne = 6 Apr, 2015 14:45;

const dateTwo = 7 May, 2015 02:45;

const dateOneObj = new Date(dateOne);

const dateTwoObj = new Date(dateTwo);

const milliseconds = Math.abs(dateTwoObj - dateOneObj);

const hours = milliseconds / 36e5;



console.log(hours);