React Sort by Date: How to Sort Tables by Date in React

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/17.0.2/umd/react.development.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react-dom/17.0.2/umd/react-dom.development.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/babel-standalone/6.26.0/babel.min.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="app"></div>
    <script type="text/babel">
      const { useState } = React;

function App() {
        const [data, setData] = useState([
          { date: "2023-05-25", name: "Sophia Anderson", age: 33 },
          { date: "2023-05-07", name: "Alexander Lee", age: 29 },
          { date: "2023-05-09", name: "Ella Harris", age: 31 },
          { date: "2023-05-14", name: "Andrew Miller", age: 42 },
          { date: "2023-05-11", name: "Grace Wilson", age: 23 },
          { date: "2023-05-22", name: "Benjamin Lewis", age: 39 },
          { date: "2023-05-28", name: "Ava Hall", age: 26 },
          { date: "2023-05-19", name: "Joseph Young", age: 36 },
          { date: "2023-05-29", name: "Mia Turner", age: 34 },
          { date: "2023-05-17", name: "David Scott", age: 41 },
          { date: "2023-05-23", name: "Abigail Green", age: 27 },
          { date: "2023-05-02", name: "James Allen", age: 37 },
          { date: "2023-05-06", name: "Elizabeth Baker", age: 30 },
          { date: "2023-05-21", name: "Christopher Adams", age: 33 },
          { date: "2023-05-13", name: "Isabella Turner", age: 24 },
          { date: "2023-05-24", name: "Henry Hill", age: 43 },
          { date: "2023-05-04", name: "Lily Allen", age: 29 },
        ]);

const [sortDirection, setSortDirection] = useState("asc");
        const [sortBy, setSortBy] = useState("date");

// Function to handle sorting by date or age
        const handleSort = (sortBy) => {
          const sortedData = [...data];
          sortedData.sort((a, b) => {
            if (sortBy === "date") {
              const dateA = new Date(a.date);
              const dateB = new Date(b.date);
              return sortDirection === "asc" ? dateA - dateB : dateB - dateA;
            } else if (sortBy === "age") {
              return sortDirection === "asc" ? a.age - b.age : b.age - a.age;
            }
          });

setData(sortedData);
          setSortDirection(sortDirection === "asc" ? "desc" : "asc");
          setSortBy(sortBy);
        };

return (
          <div className="container">
            <h2>React Js Table Sort by Age</h2>
            <button onClick={() => handleSort("date")}>
              Sort by Date{" "}
              {sortBy === "date" &&
                (sortDirection === "asc" ? (
                  <span>&#9650;</span>
                ) : (
                  <span>&#9660;</span>
                ))}
            </button>
            <button onClick={() => handleSort("age")}>
              Sort by Age{" "}
              {sortBy === "age" &&
                (sortDirection === "asc" ? (
                  <span>&#9650;</span>
                ) : (
                  <span>&#9660;</span>
                ))}
            </button>

<table>
              <thead>
                <tr>
                  <th>Date</th>
                  <th>Name</th>
                  <th>Age</th>
                </tr>
              </thead>
              <tbody>
                {data.map((item, index) => (
                  <tr key={index}>
                    <td>{item.date}</td>
                    <td>{item.name}</td>
                    <td>{item.age}</td>
                  </tr>
                ))}
              </tbody>
            </table>
          </div>
        );
      }
      ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("app"));
    </script>
    <style>
      /* Styling for the container */
      .container {
        max-width: 800px;
        margin: 0 auto;
        padding: 20px;
        font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
        box-shadow: 0 1px 2px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12),
          0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.24);
      }

/* Styling for the header */
      h2 {
        font-size: 24px;
        margin-bottom: 20px;
        text-align: center;
      }

/* Styling for the sort buttons */
      button {
        background-color: #4caf50;
        color: white;
        border: none;
        padding: 10px 20px;
        margin: 5px;
        cursor: pointer;
        font-size: 16px;
        border-radius: 4px;
      }

button span {
        margin-left: 5px;
      }

/* Styling for the table */
      table {
        width: 100%;
        border-collapse: collapse;
      }

th,
      td {
        padding: 12px;
        text-align: left;
        border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
      }

th {
        background-color: #f2f2f2;
      }

/* Styling for table rows */
      tr:hover {
        background-color: #f5f5f5;
      }

/* Styling for alternating row colors */
      tr:nth-child(even) {
        background-color: #f2f2f2;
      }
    </style>
  </body>
</html>