[jQuery] Dealing with Date Comparison

[Bob O]

Can any one point me in the right direction for my issue.

I have a div with a text value pulled in from a database 01/01/2009

Im trying to write a javascript that can take that value and compare
it against new Date();

$(document).ready(function() {
  now = new Date();
  lastActivityDivs = $('td.yui-dt0-col-LastActivity div');
  lastActivityDivs.each(function() {
   if ($(this).val() == (now < 14)) {
   $(this).addClass('.highlight');
}
  });
});

i know this isnt correct, but it gives you an idea of what im trying
to accomplish..

Any help would be great.

Thank you