Temporal.Instant.prototype.equals()
Baseline Limited availability
This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.
The equals() method of Temporal.Instant instances returns true if this instant is equivalent in value to another instant (in a form convertible by Temporal.Instant.from()), and false otherwise. They are compared by their epochNanoseconds. It is equivalent to Temporal.Instant.compare(this, other) === 0.
Syntax
equals(other)
Parameters
-
other - A string or a
Temporal.Instantinstance representing the other instant to compare. It is converted to aTemporal.Instantobject using the same algorithm asTemporal.Instant.from().
Return value
true if this instant is equal to other by nanoseconds, false otherwise.
Examples
Using equals()
const instant1 = Temporal.Instant.from("2021-08-01T12:34:56Z");
const instant2 = Temporal.Instant.fromEpochMilliseconds(1627821296000);
console.log(instant1.equals(instant2)); // true
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| Temporal # sec-temporal.instant.prototype.equals |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | Server | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on iOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | Bun | Deno | Node.js | |
equals |
144 |
144 |
139 |
128 |
preview |
144 |
139 |
95 |
No |
No |
144 |
No |
1.4.0 |
2.7 |
26.0.0 |
See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Temporal/Instant/equals