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Subtract days from a date in javascript

I have got a JavaScript that basically returns a date that is 2 days ago. It is as follows:

var x;
var m_names = new Array("January", "February", "March", 
    "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", 
    "October", "November", "December");

var d = new Date();
var twoDaysAgo = d.getDate()-2;  //change day here
var curr_month = d.getMonth();
var curr_year = d.getFullYear();
var x = twoDaysAgo + "-" + m_names[curr_month] + "-" + curr_year;

document.write(x);

Assuming today is 12-December-2012, the above will return the date 10-December-2012. I don’t think this will work dynamically as we move forward into a new month, OR, change the day from -2 to -15. It will work only from the 3rd of the month.

How can I modify this so when it is 12-December-2012 today and I want it to return me the date 15 days ago it should be 27-November-2012… and not -3-December-2012?

Any help appreciated. Thanks!
I’m a Javascript newbie.

Answer 1

If you have a date object, you can set it to two days previous by subtracting two from the date:

var d = new Date();
d.setDate(d.getDate() - 2);
console.log(d.toString());

// First of month
var c = new Date(2017,1,1); // 1 Feb -> 30 Jan
c.setDate(c.getDate() - 2);
console.log(c.toString());

// First of year
var b = new Date(2018,0,1); // 1 Jan -> 30 Dec
b.setDate(b.getDate() - 2);
console.log(b.toString());