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I have an array of objects with an hour(fc_start_time) property and I want to sort it by this property. I've tried this but it does not work for me. This is the object structure:

Object { 
         id="540-events", 
         local_id=540, 
         title="Mas Flow", 
         fc_start_time="12:30 pm"
},
Object { 
         id="531-events", 
         local_id=531, 
         title="Slowly", 
         fc_start_time="04:30 pm"
},
Object { 
         id="531-events", 
         local_id=531, 
         title="Slowly", 
         fc_start_time="08:30 am"
}

Thanks in advance.

I have an array of objects with an hour(fc_start_time) property and I want to sort it by this property. I've tried this but it does not work for me. This is the object structure:

Object { 
         id="540-events", 
         local_id=540, 
         title="Mas Flow", 
         fc_start_time="12:30 pm"
},
Object { 
         id="531-events", 
         local_id=531, 
         title="Slowly", 
         fc_start_time="04:30 pm"
},
Object { 
         id="531-events", 
         local_id=531, 
         title="Slowly", 
         fc_start_time="08:30 am"
}

Thanks in advance.

• javascript
• arrays
• sorting

Share Improve this question Follow edited May 23, 2017 at 11:43 CommunityBot 111 silver badge asked Sep 19, 2014 at 11:47 saRcasaRca 14222 silver badges1010 bronze badges 2

• 1 possible duplicate of Sorting objects in an array by a field value in JavaScript – apsillers Commented Sep 19, 2014 at 12:17
• apsillers, is the same concept, I didn't found it when research. However that solution doesn't work for my case. For example '11:00 am' and '11:00 pm' are very similar and both will be before than "12:00 pm" – saRca Commented Sep 19, 2014 at 13:56

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Dates and time, eh? I hate them. Let's try to figure this out.

How you sort an array? With help of array's sort method. By default this method sorts strings, but we need custom pare function here.

How can we pare time in strings? We can use Date object, parse time, get milliseconds from 1970, and pare them. But we have am-pm format here. So, to use Date.parse method, we need to convert time to 24 hour format first (or use Date.js library).

function convertTo24Hour(time) {

  var hours = parseInt(time.substr(0, 2));

  if(time.indexOf('am') != -1 && hours == 12) {
    time = time.replace('12', '0');
  }
  if(time.indexOf('pm')  != -1 && hours < 12) {
    time = time.replace(hours, (hours + 12));
  }

  return time.replace(/(am|pm)/, '');
}

After we get 24h time, we can parse it like so (don't look at date before time, it doesn't matter, all we care about is time):

Date.parse( '9/19/2014 ' + convertTo24Hour(time) );

Now we can use this in array.sort pare function. We just pare two numbers, 1411129800000 ? 1411132800000, decide which one is bigger and sort array.

function pare(a,b) {

  var atime = Date.parse('9/19/2014 ' + convertTo24Hour(a.time));
  var btime = Date.parse('9/19/2014 ' + convertTo24Hour(b.time));

  if (atime < btime) {
     return -1;
  }

  if (atime > btime) {
    return 1;
  }

  return 0;
}

What we got after all:

1. Use array.sort pare function to sort elements
2. Convert time to number so we can correctly pare them
3. To do so, convert 12h time format to 24 and use Date.parse

Here is jsfiddle to play with - http://jsfiddle/rqgmkdbs/

Try this pare function according to the same time input as your example. It pares on the Floating notation of you time value.

<script>
    var objs = [
        {id:"540-events",local_id:540,title:"Mas Flow",fc_start_time:"12:30 pm"},
        {id:"540-events",local_id:540,title:"Mas Flow",fc_start_time:"10:30 pm"},
        {id:"540-events",local_id:540,title:"Mas Flow",fc_start_time:"12:30 pm"},
        {id:"540-events",local_id:540,title:"Mas Flow",fc_start_time:"14:30 pm"},
        {id:"540-events",local_id:540,title:"Mas Flow",fc_start_time:"09:30 pm"}
    ]       
    function pare(a,b) {
        var time1 = parseFloat(a.fc_start_time.replace(':','.').replace(/[^\d.-]/g, ''));
        var time2 = parseFloat(b.fc_start_time.replace(':','.').replace(/[^\d.-]/g, ''));
        if(a.fc_start_time.match(/.*pm/)) time1 += 12; if(b.fc_start_time.match(/.*pm/)) time2 += 12;
        if (time1 < time2) return -1;
        if (time1 > time2) return 1;
        return 0;
    }   
    objs.sort(pare);
    console.log(objs);      
</script>

var input = [{hour:1, minutes:10},{hour:4, minutes: 1}, ...];
input.sort(function (a, b)
{
    // pare hours first
    if (a.hour < b.hour) return -1;
    if (a.hour > b.hour) return 1;

    // else a.hour === b.hour, so pare minutes to break the tie
    if (a.minute < b.minute) return -1;
    if (a.minute > b.minute) return 1;

    // couldn't break the tie
    return 0;
});

Try this. You have to consider am and pm in your time.

<!doctype html>
</html>
    <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8">      
        <script src="http://ajax.googleapis./ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript">
            $(document).ready(function() {
                // The data
                var data = [
                   { id:"540-events", local_id:540, title:"Mas Flow", fc_start_time:"12:30 pm"}, 
                   { id:"531-events", local_id:531, title:"Slowly", fc_start_time:"04:30 pm"}, 
                   { id:"545-events", local_id:545, title:"Mas Flow 2", fc_start_time:"03:30 am"}
                ]
                // Sort values
                data.sort(function(a,b){
                    var aValue = new Number(a.fc_start_time.replace(/\d*/g,""));
                    var bValue = new Number(b.fc_start_time.replace(/\d*/g,""));
                    if( aTime.match(/.*pm/) ){
                        aValue + 12;
                    }
                    return aValue - bValue;    
                });
                // Show values
                for( var i = 0; i < data.length; i++){
                    $("ul").append("<li>"+data[i].fc_start_time+"</li>");
                }
        });
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <ul>        
        </ul>
    </body>
</html>

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