How to convert String mm/dd/yyyy to Date mm/dd/yyyy using JavaScript?

Question

Please find the snippet with issues below

var date = new Date('9/14/2016');
alert((date.getMonth() + 1) + '/' + (date.getDate()+20) + '/' + date.getFullYear());

On adding 20 days from the current date, it should display expected result as shown in the above image. Currently, the inserted data is not parsed as Date format to get the exact output. any work around on this?

Give a visit here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11591854/format-date-to-mm-dd-yyyy-in-javascript — Neobugu, Sep 09 '16 at 22:58
The title seems to be wrong, you seem to want to add days to a date, not convert it to something. — RobG, Sep 09 '16 at 23:03
just now noticed; however the issue got solved. May be this will help other for sure :) — Prashanth Sams, Sep 09 '16 at 23:05

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 11 '16 at 07:57

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The following should work:

var date = new Date('12/14/2016'); 
date.setDate(date.getDate() + 20); // add 20 days 
alert((date.getMonth()+1) + '/' + (date.getDate()) + '/' + date.getFullYear()); // output

edited Sep 11 '16 at 07:57

Prashanth Sams

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answered Sep 09 '16 at 23:00

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"*You can't add days by simply adding 20 to the current date.*". That is exactly what you're doing. You need to add 1 to the value returned by *getMonth* as the month number is zero indexed. – RobG Sep 09 '16 at 23:09
@TomasLangkaas Yes, it is wrong answer. let me try the suggested link – Prashanth Sams Sep 10 '16 at 18:21
Made changes in the answer; it should work as of now – Prashanth Sams Sep 11 '16 at 07:58

How to convert String mm/dd/yyyy to Date mm/dd/yyyy using JavaScript?

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