Matthew maybe, but probably not John. Why argue about dates, folks, when all you have to do is run a quick net search?
Gospel of Mark: written between 47 and 70 A.D., according to various scholarly estimates.
Gospel of Luke: estimates range from late 50's to '90's.
Gospel of Matthew: Conservative & liberal biblical scholars differ.
Conservative Christians generally assert that the gospel was written by the disciple Matthew, perhaps 45 CE or earlier. The Scofield Bible states that the traditionally accepted date is 37 CE, to 4 to 7 years after Jesus' execution. 11,12,13,16
Liberals believe that the name of the author is unknown. It was written after the destruction of Jerusalem and its temple in 70 CE, because it describes the event in Matthew 24. Various authorities date Matthew about 85 CE. 6,7,10,19
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Gospel of John. Traditionally, assumed to have been written by John the Disciple. But the style of thought of John's Gospel is very different from the Synoptic Gospels, and most scholars today believe it was written no earlier than 80 A.D., and probably by a group of different authors.
FYI, here's a curious little collection of ruminations/quotations about the Gospel of John:
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