how do I subtract one week from this date in jquery?

Question

this is my code

var myDate = new Date(); todaysDate = ((myDate.getDate()) + '/' + (myDate.getMonth()) + '/' + (myDate.getFullYear())); $('#txtEndDate').val(todaysDate); 

I need txtEndDate's value = today's date - one week

Answer 1

You can modify a date using setDate. It automatically corrects for shifting to new months/years etc.

var oneWeekAgo = new Date(); oneWeekAgo.setDate(oneWeekAgo.getDate() - 7); 

And then go ahead to render the date to a string in any matter you prefer.

Answer 2

I'd do something like

var myDate = new Date(); var newDate = new Date(myDate.getTime() - (60*60*24*7*1000));