Adding hours to JavaScript Date object?

Question

It amazes me that JavaScript\'s Date object does not implement an add function of any kind.

I simply want a function that can do this:

var now = Date         


        

Answer 1

A little messy, but it works!

Given a date format like this: 2019-04-03T15:58

  //Get the start date.
  var start = $("#start_date").val();
  //Split the date and time.
  var startarray = start.split("T");
  var date = startarray[0];
  var time = startarray[1];

  //Split the hours and minutes.
  var timearray = time.split(":");

  var hour = timearray[0];
  var minute = timearray[1];
  //Add an hour to the hour.
  hour++;
  //$("#end_date").val = start;
  $("#end_date").val(""+date+"T"+hour+":"+minute+"");

Your output would be: 2019-04-03T16:58