How do I convert time so I can compare it?

Hi everyone, hopeyou are doing all great. Merry christmas!

Today I am having this issue:

I need to check if the game is running between dates, I can get them like this from a backend server:

"dateFrom":"2022-12-19T00:00:00"

and "dateTo":"2022-12-25T23:59:59"

How can I convert 2022-12-19T00:00:00 to date.now (current timestamp) so I can compare if it´s a smaller or larger number?

Maybe another ideas or workarounds?

Thanks!

The ideal solution would probably be to get and use unixtime directly on your backend server.

You may be able to use an api such as helloacm.com/tools/unix-timestamp-converter to do conversions, or build one into your game.