I retrieved a date from my database using jQuery. The retrieved value is "2012-01-10 00:00:00" (quotes included)
<p>I was unable to perform date comparison operations because it was being retrieved as a string. How can I do that. I tried using below syntax, but it didn't work. </p>

<pre><code>DateUtils.convertFormat(emp_date_start,"MM/dd/yyyy","yyyy-MM-dd");
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