[jQuery] applying css style to past dates

[jQuery] applying css style to past dates


Hi,
I'm trying to make text red when a date in an input field occurs in
the past. However, it isn't working when I try it out.. I'm new to
JQuery, so i'm not sure what i'm doing wrong..
    $(document).ready(function(){
        $(".date:text").each(function (i) {
            if(parse(this.value) < Date.getTime()) {
                this.style.color = "red";
            }
        });
    });
This is one of the input fields that I want it to turn red.
<input class="date" type="text" value="11/17/2008" name="expires_256"/