30-seconds-of-code/javascript/snippets/min-date.md

title, type, tags, cover, dateModified

title	type	tags	cover	dateModified
Min date	snippet	date	interior-2	2020-10-21T21:54:53+03:00

Returns the minimum of the given dates.

• Use the ES6 spread syntax with Math.min() to find the minimum date value.
• Use the Date constructor to convert it to a Date object.

const minDate = (...dates) => new Date(Math.min(...dates));

const dates = [
  new Date(2017, 4, 13),
  new Date(2018, 2, 12),
  new Date(2016, 0, 10),
  new Date(2016, 0, 9)
];
minDate(...dates); // 2016-01-08T22:00:00.000Z