Adding years to a date string?

Question

How can I add years to a date String in JavaScript?

Example:

var date = "01/01/1983"

I would like to add 26 to "1983". The result should be this "01/01/2009" String.

Could this be done with a replace() method instead of new Date()?

Possible duplicate of [Add year to todays date](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33070428/add-year-to-todays-date) — leogoesger, Jun 02 '18 at 04:27

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 02 '18 at 04:25

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Yes, by providing a function to .replace:

const input = "01/01/1983";
const output = input.replace(/\d+$/, year => Number(year) + 26);
console.log(output);

answered Jun 02 '18 at 04:25

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 02 '18 at 04:28

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var parts ='01/01/1983'.split('/');
var mydate = new Date(parseInt(parts[2]) + 1, parts[1] - 1, parts[0]); 
console.log(mydate.toDateString())

answered Jun 02 '18 at 04:28

programtreasures

Thank you, but the output of your code is Sun Jan 01 1984 (timestamp) which I can't utilize. I require "01/01/2009" as a String. – sapientZero Jun 02 '18 at 04:41

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