How to add number of days to today's date? [duplicate]

Answer 1

This is for 5 days:

var myDate = new Date(new Date().getTime()+(5*24*60*60*1000));

You don't need JQuery, you can do it in JavaScript, Hope you get it.

Answer 2

You could extend the javascript Date object like this

Date.prototype.addDays = function(days) {
    this.setDate(this.getDate() + parseInt(days));
    return this;
};

and in your javascript code you could call

var currentDate = new Date();
// to add 4 days to current date
currentDate.addDays(4);

Answer 3

The prototype-solution from Krishna Chytanya is very nice, but needs a minor but important improvement. The days param must be parsed as Integer to avoid weird calculations when days is a String like "1". (I needed several hours to find out, what went wrong in my application.)

Date.prototype.addDays = function(days) {
    this.setDate(this.getDate() + parseInt(days));
    return this;
};

Even if you do not use this prototype function: Always be sure to have an Integer when using setDate().

Answer 4

You can use JavaScript, no jQuery required:

var someDate = new Date();
var numberOfDaysToAdd = 6;
someDate.setDate(someDate.getDate() + numberOfDaysToAdd); 

Formatting to dd/mm/yyyy :

var dd = someDate.getDate();
var mm = someDate.getMonth() + 1;
var y = someDate.getFullYear();

var someFormattedDate = dd + '/'+ mm + '/'+ y;

Answer 5

Why not simply use

function addDays(theDate, days) {
    return new Date(theDate.getTime() + days*24*60*60*1000);
}

var newDate = addDays(new Date(), 5);

or -5 to remove 5 days

Answer 6

you can try this and don't need JQuery: timeSolver.js

For example, add 5 day on today:

var newDay = timeSolver.add(new Date(),5,"day");

You also can add by hour, month...etc. please see for more infomation.