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function isDateInPast(strDate) {
    var arDate  = explode('.' ,strDate);
    var insertedDate = new Date(arDate[2]+'-'+arDate[1]+'-'+arDate[0]);
    var strCurrentDate = $('input[name="current_date"]').val();
    var arCurrentDate = explode('.', strCurrentDate);
    var currentDate = new Date(arCurrentDate[2]+'-'+arCurrentDate[1]+'-'+arCurrentDate[0]);
    if(insertedDate < currentDate) {
        return true;
    } else {
        return false;
    }
}