Sort array of objects by single key with date value
I already answered a really similar question here: Simple function to sort an array of objects
For that question I created this little function that might do what you want:
function sortByKey(array, key) {
return array.sort(function(a, b) {
var x = a[key]; var y = b[key];
return ((x < y) ? -1 : ((x > y) ? 1 : 0));
});
}
You can use Array.sort.
Here's an example:
var arr = [{
"updated_at": "2012-01-01T06:25:24Z",
"foo": "bar"
},
{
"updated_at": "2012-01-09T11:25:13Z",
"foo": "bar"
},
{
"updated_at": "2012-01-05T04:13:24Z",
"foo": "bar"
}
]
arr.sort(function(a, b) {
var keyA = new Date(a.updated_at),
keyB = new Date(b.updated_at);
// Compare the 2 dates
if (keyA < keyB) return -1;
if (keyA > keyB) return 1;
return 0;
});
console.log(arr);