Calculate the date yesterday in JavaScript
Solution 1:
var date = new Date();
date ; //# => Fri Apr 01 2011 11:14:50 GMT+0200 (CEST)
date.setDate(date.getDate() - 1);
date ; //# => Thu Mar 31 2011 11:14:50 GMT+0200 (CEST)
Solution 2:
[edit sept 2020]: a snippet containing previous answer and added an arrow function
// a (not very efficient) oneliner
let yesterday = new Date(new Date().setDate(new Date().getDate()-1));
console.log(yesterday);
// a function call
yesterday = ( function(){this.setDate(this.getDate()-1); return this} )
.call(new Date);
console.log(yesterday);
// an iife (immediately invoked function expression)
yesterday = function(d){ d.setDate(d.getDate()-1); return d}(new Date);
console.log(yesterday);
// oneliner using es6 arrow function
yesterday = ( d => new Date(d.setDate(d.getDate()-1)) )(new Date);
console.log(yesterday);
// use a method
const getYesterday = (dateOnly = false) => {
let d = new Date();
d.setDate(d.getDate() - 1);
return dateOnly ? new Date(d.toDateString()) : d;
};
console.log(getYesterday());
console.log(getYesterday(true));Solution 3:
Surprisingly no answer point to the easiest cross browser solution
To find exactly the same time yesterday*:
var yesterday = new Date(Date.now() - 86400000); // that is: 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000
*: This works well if your use-case doesn't mind potential imprecision with calendar weirdness (like daylight savings), otherwise I'd recommend using https://moment.github.io/luxon/
Solution 4:
Try this
var d = new Date();
d.setDate(d.getDate() - 1);