Format date and Subtract days using Moment.js

Question

I would like a variable to hold yesterday\'s date in the format DD-MM-YYYY using Moment.js. So if today is 15-04-2015, I would like to subtract a day and have 1

Answer 1

I think you have got it in that last attempt, you just need to grab the string.. in Chrome's console..

startdate = moment();
startdate.subtract(1, 'd');
startdate.format('DD-MM-YYYY');
"14-04-2015"

startdate = moment();
startdate.subtract(1, 'd');
myString = startdate.format('DD-MM-YYYY');
"14-04-2015"
myString
"14-04-2015"

Answer 2

startdate = moment().subtract(1, 'days').format('DD-MM-YYYY');

Answer 3

var date = new Date();

var targetDate = moment(date).subtract(1, 'day').toDate(); // date object

Now, you can format how you wanna see this date or you can compare this date with another etc.

toDate() function is the point.

Answer 4

In angularjs moment="^1.3.0"

moment('15-01-1979', 'DD-MM-YYYY').subtract(1,'days').format(); //14-01-1979
or
moment('15-01-1979', 'DD-MM-YYYY').add(1,'days').format(); //16-01-1979
``

Answer 5

Try this:

var duration = moment.duration({'days' : 1});
moment().subtract(duration).format('DD-MM-YYYY');

This will give you 14-04-2015 - today is 15-04-2015

Alternatively if your momentjs version is less than 2.8.0, you can use:

startdate = moment().subtract('days', 1).format('DD-MM-YYYY');

Instead of this:

startdate = moment().subtract(1, 'days').format('DD-MM-YYYY');

Answer 6

startdate = moment().subtract(1, 'days').startOf('day')