jQuery calculate new date from seconds of current date

Question

The current date is 2015-07-30 06:00 and 41786 seconds have passed.. how do i get the new date and time in the current date format?

    var timeString = "2015-07-30 06:00";
                // start time
                var startTime = new Date(timeString);
                // add duration to the start time
var duration = 41786;
                startTime.setSeconds(startTime.getSeconds() + duration);

When i alert startTime i don't get the new date after the seconds have passed. How do i solve?

Not sure what you are expecting when there are no seconds in string so therefore they are 0. What exactly are you trying to do? — charlietfl, Jul 30 '15 at 16:56
from the date `2015-07-30 06:00` + 41786 .. i want to display a new date in that format. — user892134, Jul 30 '15 at 16:58

BravoZulu · Answer 1 · 2015-07-30T17:05:31.147

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You need to use getTime():

startTime.setTime(startTime.getTime() + (41786 * 1000))

edited Jul 30 '15 at 17:05

answered Jul 30 '15 at 16:58

BravoZulu

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not working i get `Thu Jul 30 2015 06:00:41 GMT+0100 (GMT Daylight Time)` returned – user892134 Jul 30 '15 at 17:02
41786 is seconds btw – user892134 Jul 30 '15 at 17:03
You can use that anyway, just transform seconds to miliseconds – BravoZulu Jul 30 '15 at 17:04

jQuery calculate new date from seconds of current date

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