way to check and compare dates

dateCompare.js

var nonDate = 1438387200000
var date2 = '2015-08-12'
var date1 = '2015-08-01'


var obj = Date.parse(date1)
var obj2 = Date.parse(date2)

console.log(obj)
console.log(obj2)

var blah = Date.parse(nonDate)
console.log(blah)

if (obj < obj2) {
	console.log('its before ' + date2)
} else if (obj === obj2) {
	console.log('%s === %s', date1, date2)
} else {
	console.log('not sure what to do')
}