How to add 30 minutes to a JavaScript Date object?

Question

I\'d like to get a Date object which is 30 minutes later than another Date object. How do I do it with JavaScript?

Answer 1

For the lazy like myself:

Kip's answer (from above) in coffeescript, using an "enum", and operating on the same object:

Date.UNIT =
  YEAR: 0
  QUARTER: 1
  MONTH: 2
  WEEK: 3
  DAY: 4
  HOUR: 5
  MINUTE: 6
  SECOND: 7
Date::add = (unit, quantity) ->
  switch unit
    when Date.UNIT.YEAR then @setFullYear(@getFullYear() + quantity)
    when Date.UNIT.QUARTER then @setMonth(@getMonth() + (3 * quantity))
    when Date.UNIT.MONTH then @setMonth(@getMonth() + quantity)
    when Date.UNIT.WEEK then @setDate(@getDate() + (7 * quantity))
    when Date.UNIT.DAY then @setDate(@getDate() + quantity)
    when Date.UNIT.HOUR then @setTime(@getTime() + (3600000 * quantity))
    when Date.UNIT.MINUTE then @setTime(@getTime() + (60000 * quantity))
    when Date.UNIT.SECOND then @setTime(@getTime() + (1000 * quantity))
    else throw new Error "Unrecognized unit provided"
  @ # for chaining

Answer 2

Here is the ES6 version:

let getTimeAfter30Mins = () => {
  let timeAfter30Mins = new Date();
  timeAfter30Mins = new Date(timeAfter30Mins.setMinutes(timeAfter30Mins.getMinutes() + 30));
};

Call it like:

getTimeAfter30Mins();

Answer 3

var now = new Date();
now.setMinutes(now.getMinutes() + 30); // timestamp
now = new Date(now); // Date object
console.log(now);

Answer 4

Other solution:

var dateAv = new Date();
var endTime = new Date(dateAv.getFullYear(), dateAv.getMonth(), dateAv.getDate(), dateAv.getHours(), dateAv.getMinutes() + 30);
          

Answer 5

The easiest way to solve is the to recognize that in javascript dates are just numbers. It starts 0 or 'Wed Dec 31 1969 18:00:00 GMT-0600 (CST). Every 1 represents a millisecond. You can add or subtract milliseconds by getting the value and instantiating a new date using that value. You can manage it pretty easy with that mind.

const minutesToAdjust = 10;
const millisecondsPerMinute = 60000;
const originalDate = new Date('11/20/2017 10:00 AM');
const modifiedDate1 = new Date(originalDate.valueOf() - (minutesToAdjust * millisecondsPerMinute));
const modifiedDate2 = new Date(originalDate.valueOf() + (minutesToAdjust * millisecondsPerMinute));

console.log(originalDate); // Mon Nov 20 2017 10:00:00 GMT-0600 (CST)
console.log(modifiedDate1); // Mon Nov 20 2017 09:50:00 GMT-0600 (CST)
console.log(modifiedDate2); // Mon Nov 20 2017 10:10:00 GMT-0600 (CST)

Answer 6

You could do this:

let thirtyMinutes = 30 * 60 * 1000; // convert 30 minutes to milliseconds
let date1 = new Date();
let date2 = new Date(date1.getTime() + thirtyMinutes);
console.log(date1);
console.log(date2);