<html> <head> <title>Date substraction</title> </head> <body> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> <!-- var myVar = prompt("Enter a future date: ") var user_date = Date.parse(myVar); var today_date = new Date(); var diff_date = user_date - today_date; var num_years = diff_date/31536000000; var num_months = (diff_date % 31536000000)/2628000000; var num_days = ((diff_date % 31536000000) % 2628000000)/86400000; document.write("Number of years: " + Math.floor(num_years) + "<br>"); document.write("Number of months: " + Math.floor(num_months) + "<br>"); document.write("Number of days: " + Math.floor(num_days) + "<br>"); //--> </script> </body> </html>