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DanielG
DanielG

Reputation: 287

java script getDate() - substract days

let startDate = new Date();
startDate.setDate(endDate.getDate() - 2);

I want to substract 2 days from endDate, and get the new date. this code works fine if we stay in the same month after subtraction. how can I substract days and get the currect date, even if a month or a year changed?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 48

Answers (3)

Kaj De Muynck
Kaj De Muynck

Reputation: 106

You can use sub from date-fns to achieve this, like so:

import sub from 'date-fns/sub'

const result = sub(new Date(), {
  days: 2,
})

In your case it would look like this:

import sub from 'date-fns/sub'

let startDate = sub(endDate, {
  days: 2,
});

Upvotes: 1

Challenge Win
Challenge Win

Reputation: 114

You can substract by milliseconds like this.

let endDate = new Date();
let startDate = new Date();
startDate.setTime(endDate.getTime() - 2 * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24);

I hope this will help you.

Upvotes: 1

KaraX_X
KaraX_X

Reputation: 453

getDate() is only return the actually date, so if you endDate is Oct 20, it will return you 20. you can either DO setYear() and setMonth() on the startDay as well. or you can just create a new date from endDate - 2. then assign to the startDate

Upvotes: 1

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