Subtract days from a date in JavaScript

Answer 1

get moment.js. All the cool kids use it. It has more formatting options, etc. Where

var n = 5;
var dateMnsFive = moment().subtract(n , 'day');

Optional! Convert to JS Date obj for Angular binding.

var date = new Date(dateMnsFive.toISOString());

Optional! Format

var date = dateMnsFive.format("YYYY-MM-DD");