JavaScript for getting the previous Monday

Question

I would like for the previous Monday to appear in the field where a user enters today\'s date.

E.g.: If today\'s date is entered 29-Jan-16 t

Answer 1

Here is a fiddle demonstrating a few different formats: https://jsfiddle.net/umefez2j/3/

function getMonday(d) {
  var m_names = new Array("Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec");
  var d = new Date(d);
  var day = d.getDay(),
      diff = d.getDate() - day + (day == 0 ? -6:1); // adjust when day is sunday

  //Use this one to return this format: Mon Jan 25 2016 09:37:51 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)
  //return new Date(d.setDate(diff));

  //Use this one to return this format: Mon, 25 Jan 2016
  //monday=new Date(d.setDate(diff)).toUTCString();
  //monday=monday.split(' ').slice(0, 4).join(' ')
  //return monday;

  //Use this one to return this format: 25-Jan-2016
  monday=new Date(d.setDate(diff));
  var curr_date = monday.getDate();
  var curr_month = monday.getMonth();
  var curr_year = monday.getFullYear();
  return curr_date + "-" + m_names[curr_month] + "-" + curr_year;
}

alert(getMonday(new Date()));

//Created with help from:
//http://stackoverflow.com/a/27480352/3112803
//http://stackoverflow.com/a/4156516/3112803
//http://stackoverflow.com/a/27869948/3112803