Can't get if statement to compare two strings in javascript -

in code when i equals 5 mydate should equal it. alert shows me same. can never function return 1;

function checkforholiday(date) {     var mydate = new date(date);     mydate = mydate.getmonth() + "/" + mydate.getdate() + "/" + mydate.getfullyear();      alert(mydate + "\n" + holidays[5]);      (i = 0; <= 9; i++) {        if (mydate == holidays[i]) {            return 1;            alert("got it");        }            }      return 0; } 

this string in array looks like:

year = 2013 holidays[5] = "7/2/" + year 

my alert shows me this:

i have run code locally, , have working.

i'm going guess issue stems fact date.getmonth() returns month numbers january === 0. throws lot of people off.

to recreate code, used chrome's console. changed alert console.log save myself hassle of using alert.

here's code:

function checkforholiday(date) {   var mydate = new date(date);   mydate = mydate.getmonth() + "/" + mydate.getdate() + "/" + mydate.getfullyear();    console.log(mydate + "\n" + holidays[5]);    (i = 0; <= 9; i++) {     if (mydate == holidays[i]) {       return 1;     }   }    return 0; } 

and fake holiday array:

holidays = [0,1,2,3,4,'7/2/2013'] 

(the 7 here corresponds august)

upon running checkforholiday('8/2/2013'), console reports response of 1. code matches date.

if intended holiday[5] represent july 2nd, 2013, you'll need set holiday[5] = '6/2/2013'.