Add days to JavaScript Date

Question

How to add days to current Date using JavaScript. Does JavaScript have a built in function like .Net's AddDay?

Answer 1

try this

function addDays(date,days) {        
      var one_day=1000*60*60*24; 
      return new Date(date.getTime()+(days*one_day)).toLocaleDateString(); 
    }

Answer 2

var today = new Date();
var tomorrow = new Date();
tomorrow.setDate(today.getDate()+1);

Be careful, because this can be tricky. When setting "tomorrow", it only works because it's current value matches the year and month for "today". However, setting to a date number like "32" normally will still work just fine to move it to the next month.

Answer 3

My simple solution is:

nextday=new Date(oldDate.getFullYear(),oldDate.getMonth(),oldDate.getDate()+1);

this solution does not have problem with daylight saving time. Also, one can add/sub any offset for years, months, days etc.

day=new Date(oldDate.getFullYear()-2,oldDate.getMonth()+22,oldDate.getDate()+61);

is correct code.

Answer 4

Thanks Jason for your answer that works as expected, here is a mix from your code and the handy format of AnthonyWJones :

Date.prototype.addDays = function(days){
    var ms = new Date().getTime() + (86400000 * days);
    var added = new Date(ms);
    return added;
}

Answer 5

I guess I'll give an answer as well:
Personally, I like to attempt to avoid gratuitous variable declaration, method calls, and constructor calls, as they are all expensive on performance. (within reason, of course)
I was going to leave this as just comment under the Answer given by @AnthonyWJones but thought better of it.

// Prototype usage...
Date.prototype.addDays = Date.prototype.addDays || function( days ) {
    return this.setTime( 864E5 * days + this.valueOf() ) && this;
};

// Namespace usage...
namespace.addDaysToDate = function( date, days ) {
    return date.setTime( 864E5 * days + date.valueOf() ) && date;
};

// Basic Function declaration...
function addDaysToDate( date, days ) {
    return date.setTime( 864E5 * days + date.valueOf() ) && date;
};

The above will respect DST. Meaning if you add a number of days that cross DST, the displayed time (hour) will change to reflect that.
Example:
Nov 2, 2014 02:00 was the end of DST.

var dt = new Date( 2014, 10, 1, 10, 30, 0 );
console.log( dt );                  // Sat Nov 01 2014 10:30:00
console.log( dt.addDays( 10 ) );    // Tue Nov 11 2014 09:30:00

If you're looking to retain the time across DST (so 10:30 will still be 10:30)...

// Prototype usage...
Date.prototype.addDays = Date.prototype.addDays || function( days ) {
    return this.setDate( this.getDate() + days ) && this;
};

// Namespace usage...
namespace.addDaysToDate = function( date, days ) {
    return date.setDate( date.getDate() + days ) && date;
};

// Basic Function declaration...
function addDaysToDate( date, days ) {
    return date.setDate( date.getDate() + days ) && date;
};

So, now you have...

var dt = new Date( 2014, 10, 1, 10, 30, 0 );
console.log( dt );                  // Sat Nov 01 2014 10:30:00
console.log( dt.addDays( 10 ) );    // Tue Nov 11 2014 10:30:00

Answer 6

int days = 1;
var newDate = new Date(Date.now() + days * 24*60*60*1000);

CodePen

var days = 2;
var newDate = new Date(Date.now() + days * 24*60*60*1000);

document.write('Today: <em>');
document.write(new Date());
document.write('</em><br/> New: <strong>');
document.write(newDate);