title: how to compare two date in the format "dd-mm-yyyy hh:mm" in jquery
body: <p>I have two dates 06-05-2016 13:05 and 13-05-2016 13:05. I want to compare these two date in java script.
  I tried</p>
  
  <pre><code>var dateFrom = Date.parse('06-05-2016 13:05');
  alert(dateFrom);
  var dateTo = Date.parse('13-05-2016 13:05'); 
  alert(dateFrom);
  if (dateFrom &gt; dateTo) {        
      return false;
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but it always return false.</p>