Compare date to a list of dates?

wondering if there is an easy way to do this..

I have a list of dates (like 3 or 4) as strings.. I need to check if currDate is == to any of them

If (currDate=="02/13/2016" || currDate=="04/12/2016" etc etc
I could split and loop... but seems eh

edit... yes they are strings... so... Date.parse?
edit.. no wait.. Date.parse returns a number.. so no lol

You did not mention what language this is so I'm going to assume that it is JavaScript.

Take a look at this example:

Code:

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var dates = ["02/11/2016", "02/12/2016", "02/13/2016"];
var today = new Date();
today.setHours(0,0,0,0);

for(var dateIndex = 0; dateIndex < dates.length; dateIndex++) {
        var iteratedDate = new Date(dates[dateIndex]);
        iteratedDate.setHours(0,0,0,0);
        if (today.getTime() === iteratedDate.getTime()) {
                alert('matched at index ' + dateIndex.toString());
        }
}

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What format are your date strings in? Better to have them in ISO8601 (YYYY-MM-DD) format if possible so there's no confusion for the browser.

Moment.js also has some nice stuff for manipulating dates in JavaScript.